This song is pretty obviously Christian; I don't see why we're getting a bunch of shallow and unsatisfactory explanations trying to tie it into a messed up relationship. This is Anberlin; Christian allusions are their specialty. And this song mirrors a very common experience amongst Christian who have fallen away and found their way back to the faith, and I think it fits this experience much better than some idea of a relationship with a girl with a past.
The song starts with the narrator straying from God and blaming God for whatever position he finds himself in. In fact, the narrator is even questioning God's existence and blames God for the distance between them.
Then, after the first chorus, we see the revelation. The narrator realizes that the separation is his fault. He recognizes his messed up past and the fact that he's been pushing God away, and he wonders if he'll be taken back. He sees that he's the betrayer, not the other way around, and the song becomes a prayer where the narrator asks for help in finding his way back.
This song is pretty obviously Christian; I don't see why we're getting a bunch of shallow and unsatisfactory explanations trying to tie it into a messed up relationship. This is Anberlin; Christian allusions are their specialty. And this song mirrors a very common experience amongst Christian who have fallen away and found their way back to the faith, and I think it fits this experience much better than some idea of a relationship with a girl with a past.
The song starts with the narrator straying from God and blaming God for whatever position he finds himself in. In fact, the narrator is even questioning God's existence and blames God for the distance between them.
Then, after the first chorus, we see the revelation. The narrator realizes that the separation is his fault. He recognizes his messed up past and the fact that he's been pushing God away, and he wonders if he'll be taken back. He sees that he's the betrayer, not the other way around, and the song becomes a prayer where the narrator asks for help in finding his way back.