I don't know if it was intended this way, but I take the chorus to mean that you have to give everything away, in a material sense, so that you can hold onto what is really important, i.e your soul.
I liked what bison libertine said. And what is interesting is that Jesus didn't just tell the rich young ruler to give up all his wealth, he said that anyone who wishes to be his disciple must do that as well. Pretty challenging words for anyone calling themselves a Christian!
Erich Fromm does have a pretty good explanation about that thing with the material world and Christianity. The absolute perfection would be to be absolutely independent, but well.. who can do that, except Jesus. That doesn't mean we don't have to try, but sometimes the end justifies the means (this is my opinion), e.g. if you have the money and popularity you can use them to raise attention to some problems.
Erich Fromm does have a pretty good explanation about that thing with the material world and Christianity. The absolute perfection would be to be absolutely independent, but well.. who can do that, except Jesus. That doesn't mean we don't have to try, but sometimes the end justifies the means (this is my opinion), e.g. if you have the money and popularity you can use them to raise attention to some problems.
And yeah, I think that Ian Brown had the same thing in mind (like you) when he wrote the lyrics for the song.
And yeah, I think that Ian Brown had the same thing in mind (like you) when he wrote the lyrics for the song.
I don't know if it was intended this way, but I take the chorus to mean that you have to give everything away, in a material sense, so that you can hold onto what is really important, i.e your soul.
I liked what bison libertine said. And what is interesting is that Jesus didn't just tell the rich young ruler to give up all his wealth, he said that anyone who wishes to be his disciple must do that as well. Pretty challenging words for anyone calling themselves a Christian!
Erich Fromm does have a pretty good explanation about that thing with the material world and Christianity. The absolute perfection would be to be absolutely independent, but well.. who can do that, except Jesus. That doesn't mean we don't have to try, but sometimes the end justifies the means (this is my opinion), e.g. if you have the money and popularity you can use them to raise attention to some problems.
Erich Fromm does have a pretty good explanation about that thing with the material world and Christianity. The absolute perfection would be to be absolutely independent, but well.. who can do that, except Jesus. That doesn't mean we don't have to try, but sometimes the end justifies the means (this is my opinion), e.g. if you have the money and popularity you can use them to raise attention to some problems.
And yeah, I think that Ian Brown had the same thing in mind (like you) when he wrote the lyrics for the song.
And yeah, I think that Ian Brown had the same thing in mind (like you) when he wrote the lyrics for the song.