I see this as someone who is struggling with real faith. The song seems to be about the contradiction between feeling something and living something. I think he has believed but struggles with following through. "Where you invest your love, you invest your life"-- he has loved and believed in God, but maybe struggles with fully investing.
The verse that begins "Lend me your hand" is about the different ways to live out faith (works, emotions, belief) but then he says, "but your soul you must keep totally free." And then there is the sardonic (and laconic) "har har." The jaded sound of the "har har, har har" is significant. I see this as responding to one of the lies he has heard. I think it may be himself that has been telling these lies. He's been holding back and now realizes that is a lie and sees his "fickle heart" as his "weakness."
I see this as someone who is struggling with real faith. The song seems to be about the contradiction between feeling something and living something. I think he has believed but struggles with following through. "Where you invest your love, you invest your life"-- he has loved and believed in God, but maybe struggles with fully investing.
The verse that begins "Lend me your hand" is about the different ways to live out faith (works, emotions, belief) but then he says, "but your soul you must keep totally free." And then there is the sardonic (and laconic) "har har." The jaded sound of the "har har, har har" is significant. I see this as responding to one of the lies he has heard. I think it may be himself that has been telling these lies. He's been holding back and now realizes that is a lie and sees his "fickle heart" as his "weakness."
Then he calls out to awaken his soul.
@niki7877 well said
@niki7877 well said