I may be completely wrong, but I think the song is about corruption in religion. Tim's saying that we've lost sight of what God really wants in favor of the agendas of religious leaders ("Another blind guide replacing divine eyes.") He encourages Christians to look beyond what is taught to them every Sunday and instead think for themselves and think about what God actually wants, not what our religious leaders or what we personally want and try to pass off as God's will.
("I still believe that there is hope for us, but I believe we must look outside
the sanctuaries of oppression that have brought our world so much pain....")
Granted, there are a few lines that I can't figure out in the song, such as "Reach out your hand, only to be plagued by disease," which is repeated enough that I have a feeling looking over it may have changed the entire meaning of the song.
The plague is my favorite song from As I Lay Dying.
The plague is my favorite song from As I Lay Dying.
"Reach out your hand. Reach out your hand, only to be plagued by disease."
(this defines fallacy)
"Reach out your hand. Reach out your hand, only to be plagued by disease."
(this defines fallacy)
Just like the spread of disease(cancer:religion spreads rapidly and separate the good cells from the bad cells).... Ya... Ya...
Debt and guilt or guilt and decree, the masters that we please.(Look at the intersection between 'guilt'. Either way we are screwed.)
Yet if we seek help for infirmities, we are made twice the sons of hell as before.(If we show weakness then we are screwed even more)...
Just like the spread of disease(cancer:religion spreads rapidly and separate the good cells from the bad cells).... Ya... Ya...
Debt and guilt or guilt and decree, the masters that we please.(Look at the intersection between 'guilt'. Either way we are screwed.)
Yet if we seek help for infirmities, we are made twice the sons of hell as before.(If we show weakness then we are screwed even more)
Reach out your hand. Reach out your hand, only to be plagued by disease.
Reach out your hand. Reach out your hand, only to be plagued by disease.
While religion tries to blame what we cannot see, I accept that part of the problem is me(One mans attempt to propagate the truth becomes another mans violation of his personal rights)
It was never a sacred mandate to accept conformity,
through select revelations that we choose to believe.(Man created religion and now he is trying to tell me that he has the answers to everything which i find that hard to believe. It was never a command from God to accept what man has created[religion]. When given a selection of unknown information[Christianity,Islam,Buddism,Hinduism,...] that we choose to believe....though it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong)
Another blind guide replacing divine eyes.
(Another man thinking he has the answers to everything when only God knows)
Familiarity is the great deception, disguised by authority, sealing out subversion.
(The beauty is in our differences)
Whitewashed tombs have hidden the truth, for we unknowingly worship icons of ordinary life.(Men who started religion told information which they were not absolutely sure about and people bought it. For we base our lives on information that an ordinary man created from his mind[heavan,hell,...]
Reach out your hand to find forgiveness, only to be plagued by disease.
The horrors of beliefs and customs, camouflaged by commonality.(weakness will always be taken advantage of. All religion uses a common force of acceptance to draw in the weak)
Reach out your hand, reach out your hand. Reach out your hand, reach out your hand.
I still believe that there is hope for us, but I believe we must look outside
the sanctuaries of oppression that have brought our world so much pain....
(RELIGION SEPARATES US!WE MUST UNITE!UNITY!THE WORLD IS ALIVE AND SUFFERING FROM OUR IGNORANCE!)
Yeah....
Another blind guide replacing divine eyes (eyes).
Whitewashed tombs (whitewashed tombs) have hidden the truth.
Reach out your hand to find forgiveness, only to be plagued by disease (plagued by disease).
Reach out your hand to find forgiveness (reach out your hand), only to be plagued by disease.
Reach out your hand, reach out your hand.
"While religion tries to blame what we cannot see, I accept that part of the problem is me. It was never a sacred mandate to accept conformity,
through select revelations that we choose to believe."
(Man created religion...not God. It was never commanded by God to separate individuals.
I may be completely wrong, but I think the song is about corruption in religion. Tim's saying that we've lost sight of what God really wants in favor of the agendas of religious leaders ("Another blind guide replacing divine eyes.") He encourages Christians to look beyond what is taught to them every Sunday and instead think for themselves and think about what God actually wants, not what our religious leaders or what we personally want and try to pass off as God's will. ("I still believe that there is hope for us, but I believe we must look outside the sanctuaries of oppression that have brought our world so much pain....")
Granted, there are a few lines that I can't figure out in the song, such as "Reach out your hand, only to be plagued by disease," which is repeated enough that I have a feeling looking over it may have changed the entire meaning of the song.
I agree with that mostly but I think its a broader thing, applying to more religions than just Christianity and Catholicism
I agree with that mostly but I think its a broader thing, applying to more religions than just Christianity and Catholicism
The plague is my favorite song from As I Lay Dying.
The plague is my favorite song from As I Lay Dying.
"Reach out your hand. Reach out your hand, only to be plagued by disease." (this defines fallacy)
"Reach out your hand. Reach out your hand, only to be plagued by disease." (this defines fallacy)
Just like the spread of disease(cancer:religion spreads rapidly and separate the good cells from the bad cells).... Ya... Ya... Debt and guilt or guilt and decree, the masters that we please.(Look at the intersection between 'guilt'. Either way we are screwed.) Yet if we seek help for infirmities, we are made twice the sons of hell as before.(If we show weakness then we are screwed even more)...
Just like the spread of disease(cancer:religion spreads rapidly and separate the good cells from the bad cells).... Ya... Ya... Debt and guilt or guilt and decree, the masters that we please.(Look at the intersection between 'guilt'. Either way we are screwed.) Yet if we seek help for infirmities, we are made twice the sons of hell as before.(If we show weakness then we are screwed even more)
Reach out your hand. Reach out your hand, only to be plagued by disease. Reach out your hand. Reach out your hand, only to be plagued by disease.
While religion tries to blame what we cannot see, I accept that part of the problem is me(One mans attempt to propagate the truth becomes another mans violation of his personal rights) It was never a sacred mandate to accept conformity, through select revelations that we choose to believe.(Man created religion and now he is trying to tell me that he has the answers to everything which i find that hard to believe. It was never a command from God to accept what man has created[religion]. When given a selection of unknown information[Christianity,Islam,Buddism,Hinduism,...] that we choose to believe....though it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong)
Another blind guide replacing divine eyes. (Another man thinking he has the answers to everything when only God knows) Familiarity is the great deception, disguised by authority, sealing out subversion. (The beauty is in our differences) Whitewashed tombs have hidden the truth, for we unknowingly worship icons of ordinary life.(Men who started religion told information which they were not absolutely sure about and people bought it. For we base our lives on information that an ordinary man created from his mind[heavan,hell,...]
Reach out your hand to find forgiveness, only to be plagued by disease. The horrors of beliefs and customs, camouflaged by commonality.(weakness will always be taken advantage of. All religion uses a common force of acceptance to draw in the weak)
Reach out your hand, reach out your hand. Reach out your hand, reach out your hand.
I still believe that there is hope for us, but I believe we must look outside the sanctuaries of oppression that have brought our world so much pain.... (RELIGION SEPARATES US!WE MUST UNITE!UNITY!THE WORLD IS ALIVE AND SUFFERING FROM OUR IGNORANCE!) Yeah.... Another blind guide replacing divine eyes (eyes). Whitewashed tombs (whitewashed tombs) have hidden the truth.
Reach out your hand to find forgiveness, only to be plagued by disease (plagued by disease). Reach out your hand to find forgiveness (reach out your hand), only to be plagued by disease. Reach out your hand, reach out your hand.
"While religion tries to blame what we cannot see, I accept that part of the problem is me. It was never a sacred mandate to accept conformity, through select revelations that we choose to believe." (Man created religion...not God. It was never commanded by God to separate individuals.