"Give me your eyes so I can see through fire/Give me your strength so I can stand so strong.."
This is a believer in God praying for strength to face what comes.
"Now we walk on leathered skin to freedom/The tempest roars, but I am fearless."
He is following Jesus to freedom (of this world). The devil's temptations and threats still ring out to the narrator, but he is fearless because he follows Jesus.
"With each step I crack and stretch and each breath is a sting to my chest./My God, will this push bring purity or..."
The narrator is growing tired and his journey is painful. He begins to question God's intentions and promises by asking if following him will in fact bring purity (or, bring him to Heaven). "This push" implies that his walk with Christ has not been constant, and that he has a "push" or surge to follow Jesus.
""They're climbing, they're climbing through soil and earth.""
God is warning the narrator that the end is coming.
"They have my scent!"
The narrator fears that devil is still able to tempt him (as the devil always sends temptations, to believers and non-believers). This conflicts with what he said earlier about being fearless, further suggesting that his walk with Jesus is not constant (or he has doubts).
""but you can stop them, I'm sure...""
God knows that this man is able to resist the temptations.
"Yes, I can best even the devil himself. "...but your pride has just made it worse...""
The narrator is boastful that he can best the devil, a very prideful thing to say. God tells him that his pride is succumbing to temptation ("just made it worse") because the devil has his scent and is on his trail, trying to tempt him.
"What writhing sprite is unearthing here?"
This could go one of two ways. The first (and what I believe) is that the narrator is shocked by God's statement and he begins to question Him about His intentions, pulling him further from God. Or, he could be asking God literally, "what's going on here?"
"Why choose from prodigals a band of cowards/to hoist your banner of love for the world to the slaughter?"
He is asking God why he chose lowly people such as himself to follow Him and present his message to the undeserving people.
The next few lines are God telling him that the doubt in his faith has hurt his walk with Him. ("...the smallest of flaws...failed you to crawl.") He tells him that he's from the same dirt the sinners are and has not listened to his warnings. I'm not so sure about the lion to nothing at all, but that could have something to do with courage (or cowardice). He tells him that he is in a constant war with himself between his body (the world) and his heart (his salvation) and that if he calls to Him (asks for forgiveness), that his soul will be strengthened anew.
"Give me your eyes.../...so I can stand strong./I breathe in your light and like fire my colors now light."
He is asking God again for his strength, but this time with genuine intentions. At the end of the song, he is again ready to face the temptations of the devil.
"Give me your eyes so I can see through fire/Give me your strength so I can stand so strong.."
This is a believer in God praying for strength to face what comes.
"Now we walk on leathered skin to freedom/The tempest roars, but I am fearless."
He is following Jesus to freedom (of this world). The devil's temptations and threats still ring out to the narrator, but he is fearless because he follows Jesus.
"With each step I crack and stretch and each breath is a sting to my chest./My God, will this push bring purity or..."
The narrator is growing tired and his journey is painful. He begins to question God's intentions and promises by asking if following him will in fact bring purity (or, bring him to Heaven). "This push" implies that his walk with Christ has not been constant, and that he has a "push" or surge to follow Jesus.
""They're climbing, they're climbing through soil and earth.""
God is warning the narrator that the end is coming.
"They have my scent!"
The narrator fears that devil is still able to tempt him (as the devil always sends temptations, to believers and non-believers). This conflicts with what he said earlier about being fearless, further suggesting that his walk with Jesus is not constant (or he has doubts).
""but you can stop them, I'm sure...""
God knows that this man is able to resist the temptations.
"Yes, I can best even the devil himself. "...but your pride has just made it worse...""
The narrator is boastful that he can best the devil, a very prideful thing to say. God tells him that his pride is succumbing to temptation ("just made it worse") because the devil has his scent and is on his trail, trying to tempt him.
"What writhing sprite is unearthing here?"
This could go one of two ways. The first (and what I believe) is that the narrator is shocked by God's statement and he begins to question Him about His intentions, pulling him further from God. Or, he could be asking God literally, "what's going on here?"
"Why choose from prodigals a band of cowards/to hoist your banner of love for the world to the slaughter?"
He is asking God why he chose lowly people such as himself to follow Him and present his message to the undeserving people.
The next few lines are God telling him that the doubt in his faith has hurt his walk with Him. ("...the smallest of flaws...failed you to crawl.") He tells him that he's from the same dirt the sinners are and has not listened to his warnings. I'm not so sure about the lion to nothing at all, but that could have something to do with courage (or cowardice). He tells him that he is in a constant war with himself between his body (the world) and his heart (his salvation) and that if he calls to Him (asks for forgiveness), that his soul will be strengthened anew.
"Give me your eyes.../...so I can stand strong./I breathe in your light and like fire my colors now light."
He is asking God again for his strength, but this time with genuine intentions. At the end of the song, he is again ready to face the temptations of the devil.