I write music often and I love this song so much because I practically wrote it. Not that I helped them write it or anything like that but I had the very same idea for a song. Hopefully that means I am seeing the real meaning of the song and not just what I would have wrote... this is what I see in it.
The song is about himself. When you are struggling with something you want to look out for help but your sin wants to hide. With that in mind the writer of this song is struggling with something and so is using this song to look out for help yet it is going to be cryptic. As if he only wants those who will really pursue the meaning will find it's truth, his truth. The first line is about himself.
"Enemy, familiar friend,
My beginning and my end
Knowing truth, whispering lies,
And it hurts again."
I am my own worst enemy. I know what is right and yet I deceive myself. I wind up in a trap that I should have seen. I'm not alone in this struggle. Every believer knows the truth and yet sins.
"What I fear and what I try,
Words I say and what I heard,
All the pain, I want it to end,
But I want it again."
The song isn't about any specific addiction. Only an addiction to sin. I'm pretty sure that RED is composed of mature believers and so I'm pretty sure that they write their songs to lead others to truth. They aren't going to write about something so specific that others can't apply it to their life. Everyone has to deal with their self. He knows that sin is wrong but he choses it.
"And it finds me,
The fight inside is coarsing through my veins,
And it's raging,
The fight inside is breaking me again."
This is the chorus so it doesn't fit in the "story line" of the song but it has to do more with the overall meaning. It's the fight INSIDE. It is destructive. This is his confession I guess you would say.
"It's still the same, pursuing pain,
Isn't worth the lie I've gained.
We both know how this will end,
But I do it again."
He bought into the lie of sin being better and he is saying the painful effects aren't worth this "gain" then he addresses the audience saying that it is obvious that it is wrong but he still choses it.
"And it finds me,
The fight inside is coarsing through my veins.
And it's raging,
The fight inside is hurting me again.
And it finds me,
The war within me pulls me under.
And without You,
The fight inside is breaking me again."
I guess the climax of the song. This is the point that he is making in the song. You need Jesus or your sin is going to break you.
"It's nothing.
It's everything."
Denial is something that many people need to understand. Most people are in denial of some pain in their life. When you finally realize you have a problem you say oh it's nothing... When you realize that it is hurting you, you realize it affects everything in your life. Also the back and forth part reminds me of when you think that you can fix yourself and you fall into a routine of addiction where you "fix yourself" and then you fall back into it and then you fix yourself again...
"It's breaking me.
I'm falling apart."
This song is the perfect introduction into their next song "death of me" He doesn't fix his problems in the song. Life is a constant struggle.
On a side note the musical part of this song is amazing. It strikes emotion and it sounds crazy.
I write music often and I love this song so much because I practically wrote it. Not that I helped them write it or anything like that but I had the very same idea for a song. Hopefully that means I am seeing the real meaning of the song and not just what I would have wrote... this is what I see in it.
The song is about himself. When you are struggling with something you want to look out for help but your sin wants to hide. With that in mind the writer of this song is struggling with something and so is using this song to look out for help yet it is going to be cryptic. As if he only wants those who will really pursue the meaning will find it's truth, his truth. The first line is about himself.
"Enemy, familiar friend, My beginning and my end Knowing truth, whispering lies, And it hurts again."
I am my own worst enemy. I know what is right and yet I deceive myself. I wind up in a trap that I should have seen. I'm not alone in this struggle. Every believer knows the truth and yet sins.
"What I fear and what I try, Words I say and what I heard, All the pain, I want it to end, But I want it again."
The song isn't about any specific addiction. Only an addiction to sin. I'm pretty sure that RED is composed of mature believers and so I'm pretty sure that they write their songs to lead others to truth. They aren't going to write about something so specific that others can't apply it to their life. Everyone has to deal with their self. He knows that sin is wrong but he choses it.
"And it finds me, The fight inside is coarsing through my veins, And it's raging, The fight inside is breaking me again."
This is the chorus so it doesn't fit in the "story line" of the song but it has to do more with the overall meaning. It's the fight INSIDE. It is destructive. This is his confession I guess you would say.
"It's still the same, pursuing pain, Isn't worth the lie I've gained. We both know how this will end, But I do it again."
He bought into the lie of sin being better and he is saying the painful effects aren't worth this "gain" then he addresses the audience saying that it is obvious that it is wrong but he still choses it.
"And it finds me, The fight inside is coarsing through my veins. And it's raging, The fight inside is hurting me again. And it finds me, The war within me pulls me under. And without You, The fight inside is breaking me again."
I guess the climax of the song. This is the point that he is making in the song. You need Jesus or your sin is going to break you.
"It's nothing. It's everything."
Denial is something that many people need to understand. Most people are in denial of some pain in their life. When you finally realize you have a problem you say oh it's nothing... When you realize that it is hurting you, you realize it affects everything in your life. Also the back and forth part reminds me of when you think that you can fix yourself and you fall into a routine of addiction where you "fix yourself" and then you fall back into it and then you fix yourself again...
"It's breaking me. I'm falling apart."
This song is the perfect introduction into their next song "death of me" He doesn't fix his problems in the song. Life is a constant struggle.
On a side note the musical part of this song is amazing. It strikes emotion and it sounds crazy.
Peace and what not -JF12
Very accurate and thorough description, J35U5FR34K!
Very accurate and thorough description, J35U5FR34K!