I think this song is comparing today with the biblical account of jacob fighting with the angel.
In the valley of the dying sun
I walk a crooked path alone
I came across the shadow of a man
With an angel's breath
'O boy' he said to me
'I see your future'
'Though you long for peace
The sword is your father
(i think the first 2 stanzas are about a "story" an outside person is thinking about)
I'm thinking of you
I'm thinking of you when I kill a good man
To keep myself from being killed by him
I'm thinking of you
I'm thinking of you when I hold my girl
And wonder if she'll ever love again
I'm thinking of you
Wash the blood off my hands
(the other man thinking about all this solider and all the crap he has to go through)
Bathed in the powder of a thousand guns
I am the king of sorrows
Watered by the tears of the innocent ones
The river grows
It moves
It swells
'Son' It calls to me
'Your days are numbered
Sow the seeds you will
But I am the reaper'
(a metaphor about how the solider is haunted about what he did and feels like it's his turn because he has killed other people and "has it coming")
'I'm thinking of you
I'm thinking of you when you kill a good man
To keep yourself from being killed by him
I'm thinking of you
I'm thinking of you when you hold your girl
And wonder if she'll ever love again
I'm thinking of you
Wash the blood off your hands'
(^^)
(This next part of the song is talking about Jacob and the comparison between the two stories, Jacob faught with an angel for what he wanted and so is the man in this story)
I howled at the moon like a wolf in the night
You want to finish it
We're gonna finish it right
And then I felt it with a chill up my spine
There are no words to use that truly describe
The glory of the angel or the terror in me
Tonight will be my ending or tonight my new beginning
All through the night
I wrestled the angel
To undo the curse
That's burdened me all of my life
And for the first time I could see
That God was not my enemy
"I'm thinking of you"
Like pieces of the sun
Our light burns on and on and on
Like stars in the night sky we shine
I'm living to shine on
I think this song is comparing today with the biblical account of jacob fighting with the angel.
In the valley of the dying sun I walk a crooked path alone I came across the shadow of a man With an angel's breath
'O boy' he said to me 'I see your future' 'Though you long for peace The sword is your father
(i think the first 2 stanzas are about a "story" an outside person is thinking about)
I'm thinking of you I'm thinking of you when I kill a good man To keep myself from being killed by him I'm thinking of you I'm thinking of you when I hold my girl And wonder if she'll ever love again I'm thinking of you Wash the blood off my hands
(the other man thinking about all this solider and all the crap he has to go through)
Bathed in the powder of a thousand guns I am the king of sorrows Watered by the tears of the innocent ones The river grows It moves It swells
'Son' It calls to me 'Your days are numbered Sow the seeds you will But I am the reaper'
(a metaphor about how the solider is haunted about what he did and feels like it's his turn because he has killed other people and "has it coming")
'I'm thinking of you I'm thinking of you when you kill a good man To keep yourself from being killed by him I'm thinking of you I'm thinking of you when you hold your girl And wonder if she'll ever love again I'm thinking of you Wash the blood off your hands'
(^^)
(This next part of the song is talking about Jacob and the comparison between the two stories, Jacob faught with an angel for what he wanted and so is the man in this story)
I howled at the moon like a wolf in the night You want to finish it We're gonna finish it right
And then I felt it with a chill up my spine There are no words to use that truly describe The glory of the angel or the terror in me Tonight will be my ending or tonight my new beginning
All through the night I wrestled the angel To undo the curse That's burdened me all of my life
And for the first time I could see That God was not my enemy
"I'm thinking of you"
Like pieces of the sun Our light burns on and on and on Like stars in the night sky we shine I'm living to shine on
The video to this song is awesome too!!!