Lyric discussion by corerulez 

Cover art for Parallels lyrics by As I Lay Dying

I think as represented by the video, it's about how everyone is born different but all learn to become the same, they become greedy and struggle to be the same as everyone else. But they say there is a better way to live if we allow a little diversity. In the video cartoon people are taken to a factory where they all start out looking different but then are given chicken heads and all have to work on a treadmill and go to the same church, etc. Parallels is one of the melodic masterpieces of the album, and it seems like all the songs are musically based off of An ocean between us. So I would say this is like the Forsaken of The powerless rise. I think josh's vocals in this are the best of the entire album. Tim has some nice growls but I think his shining moment is in Upside down Kingdom. Also at 2:48 Josh sounds a lot like chester from linkin park. Probably not intentional, and it's a great.

Indeed. When it says that we are not the same, it means that he's not conforming to the society in which he lives. He's not going to do the same thing as everybody else around him. Everybody else is so unsatisfied, but we are not the same as everybody else. We have found our identity in Christ.

As somebody who loves psychology and sociology, the video is awesome. It has so much sociological meaning (even from a secular perspective). Sociology teaches that people are a product of their environment (though I don't fully accept that belief, I study it). It's...

that's not true. People are not created in a factory and i think you should know that. Is a illustration of life and how people go through life no noticing what happens around them and how Christians are different i think i may be wrong but who cares

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