He's talking about God in the first verse. (...with a thunder strike from my hand...)
He says "to wake you up from your hollow dream" like giving people a reality check; living isn't a simple thing to do.
Then he talks about human nature:
Lets come all steal
we will lie and cheat
and turn around
all their limit signs
and redirect
this great old boring road
into the depths
of a lions mouth
We're greedy. We want more than simple things. We develop ways to live more easily, but doing that is harmful to us. We're going to damage ourselves, but it's the nature we were born with.
Then he says "Just to see if there's something we believe"
People say that life is a test to see if we are loyal to some higher idea.
Our dog will drink
Till the oceans gone
And he will pull
Till the collar breaks
And everyone
That he will run down
Will see his limbs
as they grow and bleed
We'll create a monster of ourselves. We'll need all these resources to live and the things we've created will need all these resources to live. Eventually, what we have won't be enough and the damage we've done will be the end of us.
"Just to see if there's something we believe..."
It's just a "Why are we here?" song. Or maybe "Your idea of why we're here sucks."
He was just talking about what people are doing here...maybe it's more like, "Is this really the only reason? So we can kill ourselves off and somehow be tested for our faith?"
Aaaaannnnddd....the last verse is probably the most important one, but I haven't really figured it out.
He talks about religion in this sort of light a lot, like in "Love Is All" and "Walk The Line".
He's talking about God in the first verse. (...with a thunder strike from my hand...) He says "to wake you up from your hollow dream" like giving people a reality check; living isn't a simple thing to do.
Then he talks about human nature: Lets come all steal we will lie and cheat and turn around all their limit signs and redirect this great old boring road into the depths of a lions mouth
We're greedy. We want more than simple things. We develop ways to live more easily, but doing that is harmful to us. We're going to damage ourselves, but it's the nature we were born with.
Then he says "Just to see if there's something we believe" People say that life is a test to see if we are loyal to some higher idea.
Our dog will drink Till the oceans gone And he will pull Till the collar breaks And everyone That he will run down Will see his limbs as they grow and bleed
We'll create a monster of ourselves. We'll need all these resources to live and the things we've created will need all these resources to live. Eventually, what we have won't be enough and the damage we've done will be the end of us.
"Just to see if there's something we believe..." It's just a "Why are we here?" song. Or maybe "Your idea of why we're here sucks." He was just talking about what people are doing here...maybe it's more like, "Is this really the only reason? So we can kill ourselves off and somehow be tested for our faith?"
Aaaaannnnddd....the last verse is probably the most important one, but I haven't really figured it out.
He talks about religion in this sort of light a lot, like in "Love Is All" and "Walk The Line".