What I am hearing is from the point of view of someone who has wasted their life/time on things that don't matter during their time here on earth...
"A lifetime of yesterdays
All the wasted time on my hands
Turns to sand and fades in the wind"
All their life they had been lost
"It's taken a lifetime to lose my way"
"So lost for so long"
This has led him to a place where he is alone and away from the ones he should be with
"To find my way,
I failed to follow
I’m out of place"
Specifically, they are in/heading to hell and feed on the sin and temptations that have presented themselves to him.
"I’m fine in the fire
I feed on the friction
I’m right where I should be
Don’t try and fix me"
That last line sounds to me like it is coming from a point of view of someone who is just being ignorant and claiming they don't need anyone to fix them, but in reality they are just trying to convince themselves.
I think this is a pretty clear message coming from 10 years on how they feel about religion/god/spirituality, whatever you want to call it or your stance is.
If you are like this person in the song and follow your own way, "feed on the friction (sin)" that keeps you from a relationship with god, and do things selfishly for yourself "Taking back what is mine", you will find yourself in hell once your life ends.
That's just what you believe. Don't threaten people with beliefs. One of my favorite quotes...
"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved.”
That's just what you believe. Don't threaten people with beliefs. One of my favorite quotes...
"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved.”
@onlyonemikec in response to shinedown88, christians for one don't threaten anyone, warning of coming judgment is far from a threat no different than warning people of a flood or fire, leaving people to drown or burn is a sin in of itself so when you try to say "don't judge," judgement from another person on an action you have committed is an infinite farcry from the eternal judgement of God so you should be so lucky people give you the time of day to give their advice on how to live better, That is the fire we ourselves live in,...
@onlyonemikec in response to shinedown88, christians for one don't threaten anyone, warning of coming judgment is far from a threat no different than warning people of a flood or fire, leaving people to drown or burn is a sin in of itself so when you try to say "don't judge," judgement from another person on an action you have committed is an infinite farcry from the eternal judgement of God so you should be so lucky people give you the time of day to give their advice on how to live better, That is the fire we ourselves live in, being constantly in conflict with worldly people who threaten us with pain and death, knowing this life is meant to be hard on us we are fine and we try to be joyful in it despite everything in it wanting us to suffer and die for our faith, we'll go as long as we can because that glorifies God and in the end that is all that really matters, the purpose of existence is to glorify God.
This sounds like a very spiritual song to me...
What I am hearing is from the point of view of someone who has wasted their life/time on things that don't matter during their time here on earth...
"A lifetime of yesterdays All the wasted time on my hands Turns to sand and fades in the wind"
All their life they had been lost
"It's taken a lifetime to lose my way" "So lost for so long"
This has led him to a place where he is alone and away from the ones he should be with
"To find my way, I failed to follow I’m out of place"
Specifically, they are in/heading to hell and feed on the sin and temptations that have presented themselves to him.
"I’m fine in the fire I feed on the friction I’m right where I should be Don’t try and fix me"
That last line sounds to me like it is coming from a point of view of someone who is just being ignorant and claiming they don't need anyone to fix them, but in reality they are just trying to convince themselves.
I think this is a pretty clear message coming from 10 years on how they feel about religion/god/spirituality, whatever you want to call it or your stance is.
If you are like this person in the song and follow your own way, "feed on the friction (sin)" that keeps you from a relationship with god, and do things selfishly for yourself "Taking back what is mine", you will find yourself in hell once your life ends.
That's just what you believe. Don't threaten people with beliefs. One of my favorite quotes... "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved.”
That's just what you believe. Don't threaten people with beliefs. One of my favorite quotes... "Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved.”
No the quote is not from 10 Years.
No the quote is not from 10 Years.
@onlyonemikec in response to shinedown88, christians for one don't threaten anyone, warning of coming judgment is far from a threat no different than warning people of a flood or fire, leaving people to drown or burn is a sin in of itself so when you try to say "don't judge," judgement from another person on an action you have committed is an infinite farcry from the eternal judgement of God so you should be so lucky people give you the time of day to give their advice on how to live better, That is the fire we ourselves live in,...
@onlyonemikec in response to shinedown88, christians for one don't threaten anyone, warning of coming judgment is far from a threat no different than warning people of a flood or fire, leaving people to drown or burn is a sin in of itself so when you try to say "don't judge," judgement from another person on an action you have committed is an infinite farcry from the eternal judgement of God so you should be so lucky people give you the time of day to give their advice on how to live better, That is the fire we ourselves live in, being constantly in conflict with worldly people who threaten us with pain and death, knowing this life is meant to be hard on us we are fine and we try to be joyful in it despite everything in it wanting us to suffer and die for our faith, we'll go as long as we can because that glorifies God and in the end that is all that really matters, the purpose of existence is to glorify God.