Absolutely awesome song. I think it's about how love is bigger than life. The things you do and the love you give lives on long after you do. To me, it's almost like the song is sung from someone who has passed on to someone they used to love, saying their love still surrounds them and telling them to keep sharing their love just as they once did. Either way, GREAT song!
Mmm, I think you are all wrong. Well, in a sense. The song is DEFINITELY a double entendre, meaning it has two meanings. If you look at the song from a philosophical perspective the band is trying to convey the very CORE of the Christian faith. Love was Jesus' teaching. And he wanted us to love one another. "Love your neighbor as yourself." In the lines "If you give a little love you can get a little love of your own. Don't break HIS heart," is where you can really see this. Jesus said "whatever you do for the least...
Mmm, I think you are all wrong. Well, in a sense. The song is DEFINITELY a double entendre, meaning it has two meanings. If you look at the song from a philosophical perspective the band is trying to convey the very CORE of the Christian faith. Love was Jesus' teaching. And he wanted us to love one another. "Love your neighbor as yourself." In the lines "If you give a little love you can get a little love of your own. Don't break HIS heart," is where you can really see this. Jesus said "whatever you do for the least of my people you do unto me," Meaning if we do not show the love he taught us of to one another we'll be breaking His heart. So "Him" is a double entendre for God, and _____ (insert any human being). It's true, life by itself really is not all that it's worth, BUT I LOVE YOU. And that's what gave the world value. Love did. And I dont know if you know this, but God = Love by the Christian definition. Love and community (because of the trinity). God put us here to reflect His own self "we were made in God's image and likeness." And what we do out of love on earth is what stays on earth. "Heaven is here and now." When we show love we experience bits and pieces of heaven, and heaven is everlasting.
I disagree with dga415. I think a7s9k has a valid interpretation of the song. I do agree that the song is a double entendre with the core of the Christian faith, but I think the other side of it is about someone who is dying/thinking of death, and they just want to get the message out there: LOVE is what matters. Life is short and, really, there's no reason not to love. (I also contend that this message is also part of the Christian faith; Love while you live because God loves you. You will always be loved, even after...
I disagree with dga415. I think a7s9k has a valid interpretation of the song. I do agree that the song is a double entendre with the core of the Christian faith, but I think the other side of it is about someone who is dying/thinking of death, and they just want to get the message out there: LOVE is what matters. Life is short and, really, there's no reason not to love. (I also contend that this message is also part of the Christian faith; Love while you live because God loves you. You will always be loved, even after death.)
...I just read on to see that dga415 hadn't meant to post that directly to a7s9k...but oh well, my point stands. =^.^=
The viewpoint that the song is about someone who is dead, speaking with someone whom they used to love... I adore that interpretation. I heard this song for the first time while writing a very emotional (fictional) story; It is about a pastor who must tell his granddaughter that, at the age of 22, she will be dead: His granddaughter has three years to live, maximum. The story is about how her imminent death shakes his faith in love itself, but he finds it impossible to stop loving even in the wake of such heartache. And this song is EXACTLY that!
Absolutely awesome song. I think it's about how love is bigger than life. The things you do and the love you give lives on long after you do. To me, it's almost like the song is sung from someone who has passed on to someone they used to love, saying their love still surrounds them and telling them to keep sharing their love just as they once did. Either way, GREAT song!
Mmm, I think you are all wrong. Well, in a sense. The song is DEFINITELY a double entendre, meaning it has two meanings. If you look at the song from a philosophical perspective the band is trying to convey the very CORE of the Christian faith. Love was Jesus' teaching. And he wanted us to love one another. "Love your neighbor as yourself." In the lines "If you give a little love you can get a little love of your own. Don't break HIS heart," is where you can really see this. Jesus said "whatever you do for the least...
Mmm, I think you are all wrong. Well, in a sense. The song is DEFINITELY a double entendre, meaning it has two meanings. If you look at the song from a philosophical perspective the band is trying to convey the very CORE of the Christian faith. Love was Jesus' teaching. And he wanted us to love one another. "Love your neighbor as yourself." In the lines "If you give a little love you can get a little love of your own. Don't break HIS heart," is where you can really see this. Jesus said "whatever you do for the least of my people you do unto me," Meaning if we do not show the love he taught us of to one another we'll be breaking His heart. So "Him" is a double entendre for God, and _____ (insert any human being). It's true, life by itself really is not all that it's worth, BUT I LOVE YOU. And that's what gave the world value. Love did. And I dont know if you know this, but God = Love by the Christian definition. Love and community (because of the trinity). God put us here to reflect His own self "we were made in God's image and likeness." And what we do out of love on earth is what stays on earth. "Heaven is here and now." When we show love we experience bits and pieces of heaven, and heaven is everlasting.
I disagree with dga415. I think a7s9k has a valid interpretation of the song. I do agree that the song is a double entendre with the core of the Christian faith, but I think the other side of it is about someone who is dying/thinking of death, and they just want to get the message out there: LOVE is what matters. Life is short and, really, there's no reason not to love. (I also contend that this message is also part of the Christian faith; Love while you live because God loves you. You will always be loved, even after...
I disagree with dga415. I think a7s9k has a valid interpretation of the song. I do agree that the song is a double entendre with the core of the Christian faith, but I think the other side of it is about someone who is dying/thinking of death, and they just want to get the message out there: LOVE is what matters. Life is short and, really, there's no reason not to love. (I also contend that this message is also part of the Christian faith; Love while you live because God loves you. You will always be loved, even after death.)
...I just read on to see that dga415 hadn't meant to post that directly to a7s9k...but oh well, my point stands. =^.^=
The viewpoint that the song is about someone who is dead, speaking with someone whom they used to love... I adore that interpretation. I heard this song for the first time while writing a very emotional (fictional) story; It is about a pastor who must tell his granddaughter that, at the age of 22, she will be dead: His granddaughter has three years to live, maximum. The story is about how her imminent death shakes his faith in love itself, but he finds it impossible to stop loving even in the wake of such heartache. And this song is EXACTLY that!
Life is short, love is so much more.
~Kei