I feel like it's about a man on his deathbed who was at one point an atheist but became a born again Christian. Now that he is in his final days he has a growing fear that there really is nothing and that when he's gone, he's gone. There is no heaven, this is the end, etc. I'll make an attempt to break it down.
"Watch it all change and watch it go away.
Watch it all never be the same again.
Watch it all all be nothing like we thought before.
Watch it all. Watch it.
Watch it all be lies, damned lies, statistics.
Lie to me. Lie to me. Lie to me."
I feel like this is him questioning his beliefs. The 3rd line is where I got the idea that he's a born again Christian.
"Take it all in and take it all from me.
Take it all and bury it deep inside of you.
Take it all and run away.
Take it all forever.
Take it all."
I think this is just him spreading his wisdom to his loved ones before he passes. When it says "bury it deep inside of you", I think he means that he wants them to put it so deep inside of their mind that they accept it as truth and won't have this dilemma of questioning their faith when they die and will die a happy, peaceful death because they believe in heaven without a doubt.
"Bury your hands in the sand.
You'll never use them on me again.
I'm exhausted from shaking hands with your meat hook fingers."
To me, that is him swaying towards the belief in atheism. He's telling God, or the premise of God, that he wants nothing to do with it anymore.
"This is my nightmare."
Just him saying this is the most scared he has ever been in his life because he does not know what is going to happen. A plunge into the unknown, basically.
I think the overall message of the song is the ultimate test of faith we all experience when we die. What do we TRULY, deep down inside, believe?
i sortof get where your coming from, DubVmetalhead.
i think it could also be the other way too. Maybe a christian who turned his back on it all somewhere in his life and now fearing that there really IS a God that he's turned his back on.
i sortof get where your coming from, DubVmetalhead.
i think it could also be the other way too. Maybe a christian who turned his back on it all somewhere in his life and now fearing that there really IS a God that he's turned his back on.
Nope. Definitely not someone who became a Christian. "Bury your hands in the sand, you'll never use them on me again" AKA someone who was clearly abused and refuses to allow it to continue or happen again. AKA any atheist in religious household or community.
Nope. Definitely not someone who became a Christian. "Bury your hands in the sand, you'll never use them on me again" AKA someone who was clearly abused and refuses to allow it to continue or happen again. AKA any atheist in religious household or community.
I feel like it's about a man on his deathbed who was at one point an atheist but became a born again Christian. Now that he is in his final days he has a growing fear that there really is nothing and that when he's gone, he's gone. There is no heaven, this is the end, etc. I'll make an attempt to break it down.
"Watch it all change and watch it go away. Watch it all never be the same again. Watch it all all be nothing like we thought before. Watch it all. Watch it. Watch it all be lies, damned lies, statistics. Lie to me. Lie to me. Lie to me."
I feel like this is him questioning his beliefs. The 3rd line is where I got the idea that he's a born again Christian.
"Take it all in and take it all from me. Take it all and bury it deep inside of you. Take it all and run away. Take it all forever. Take it all."
I think this is just him spreading his wisdom to his loved ones before he passes. When it says "bury it deep inside of you", I think he means that he wants them to put it so deep inside of their mind that they accept it as truth and won't have this dilemma of questioning their faith when they die and will die a happy, peaceful death because they believe in heaven without a doubt.
"Bury your hands in the sand. You'll never use them on me again. I'm exhausted from shaking hands with your meat hook fingers."
To me, that is him swaying towards the belief in atheism. He's telling God, or the premise of God, that he wants nothing to do with it anymore.
"This is my nightmare."
Just him saying this is the most scared he has ever been in his life because he does not know what is going to happen. A plunge into the unknown, basically.
I think the overall message of the song is the ultimate test of faith we all experience when we die. What do we TRULY, deep down inside, believe?
i sortof get where your coming from, DubVmetalhead. i think it could also be the other way too. Maybe a christian who turned his back on it all somewhere in his life and now fearing that there really IS a God that he's turned his back on.
i sortof get where your coming from, DubVmetalhead. i think it could also be the other way too. Maybe a christian who turned his back on it all somewhere in his life and now fearing that there really IS a God that he's turned his back on.
Nope. Definitely not someone who became a Christian. "Bury your hands in the sand, you'll never use them on me again" AKA someone who was clearly abused and refuses to allow it to continue or happen again. AKA any atheist in religious household or community.
Nope. Definitely not someone who became a Christian. "Bury your hands in the sand, you'll never use them on me again" AKA someone who was clearly abused and refuses to allow it to continue or happen again. AKA any atheist in religious household or community.