ok so I thought about this a lot. Are we to think that because the message came from the mouth of a demon it is a lie? That in fact Jesus WILL return. The character in this song went back to his mundane life and forgot this message, until the end, when the stars are all angled wrong, and by then it is too late..
Hmm, I'd take a less literal, Christian view,
the lyrical "we" of the song, presumably a couple, struggle with their inner demons to find some sort of meaning in their lives. Eventually, they come to one conclusion "Dread the passage of Jesus, for he does not return." This I'd interpret as (Jesus = love): Take care you don't let love (in all forms) pass you by, for when it is gone, it is gone.
Having realized that this is the key thing in life, they return to their lives, their hearts singing with all the knowledge of love.
But then, in their everyday-life,...
Hmm, I'd take a less literal, Christian view,
the lyrical "we" of the song, presumably a couple, struggle with their inner demons to find some sort of meaning in their lives. Eventually, they come to one conclusion "Dread the passage of Jesus, for he does not return." This I'd interpret as (Jesus = love): Take care you don't let love (in all forms) pass you by, for when it is gone, it is gone.
Having realized that this is the key thing in life, they return to their lives, their hearts singing with all the knowledge of love.
But then, in their everyday-life, this realization gets lost or buried. The couple occupies itself with mundane things like buying a house, a car, rather than tending to love.
They arrive at a point where they have nothing left to say to each other. Everything has gone wrong and is a mess, and the lyrical "I" realizes that he has neglected the message and has, in fact, let love pass him by, and now it will not return.
ok so I thought about this a lot. Are we to think that because the message came from the mouth of a demon it is a lie? That in fact Jesus WILL return. The character in this song went back to his mundane life and forgot this message, until the end, when the stars are all angled wrong, and by then it is too late..
Hmm, I'd take a less literal, Christian view, the lyrical "we" of the song, presumably a couple, struggle with their inner demons to find some sort of meaning in their lives. Eventually, they come to one conclusion "Dread the passage of Jesus, for he does not return." This I'd interpret as (Jesus = love): Take care you don't let love (in all forms) pass you by, for when it is gone, it is gone. Having realized that this is the key thing in life, they return to their lives, their hearts singing with all the knowledge of love. But then, in their everyday-life,...
Hmm, I'd take a less literal, Christian view, the lyrical "we" of the song, presumably a couple, struggle with their inner demons to find some sort of meaning in their lives. Eventually, they come to one conclusion "Dread the passage of Jesus, for he does not return." This I'd interpret as (Jesus = love): Take care you don't let love (in all forms) pass you by, for when it is gone, it is gone. Having realized that this is the key thing in life, they return to their lives, their hearts singing with all the knowledge of love. But then, in their everyday-life, this realization gets lost or buried. The couple occupies itself with mundane things like buying a house, a car, rather than tending to love. They arrive at a point where they have nothing left to say to each other. Everything has gone wrong and is a mess, and the lyrical "I" realizes that he has neglected the message and has, in fact, let love pass him by, and now it will not return.
My 2 cents