I absolutely love their new album, but I will not waste further space about my feelings like so many posts do on here. I don't think the message of this song is too difficult to interpret; keep your eyes open because if you give in to whatever adversity you're facing, you may miss the beauty in front of you.
Or perhaps part of the beauty is experiencing adversity. I know nobody takes pleasure in experiencing pain and suffering, but sometimes God can make the most miserable things beautiful.
This is what I think when I read this verse:
"Just past the circumstance
The first light... a second chance
No child could ever dance the way you do
Oh, tear down the prison walls
Don't start the curtain call
Your chains will never fall until you do"
In the story of Joseph from the Old Testament, Joseph was beaten, lied on, sold into slavery and betrayed by his own brothers, and imprisoned for not giving into seduction. When I'm struggling I try to remember how God used Joseph. In the end, he was made into a better man, forgiving his brothers and showing them love. Maybe we're not blessed with direct communication with God through many of our dreams, but when we look back in our lives and try to figure out where we are, how we got there, I cannot help but think someone has been dragging me on a rope, keeping my eyes open, telling me I'm strong, and never letting me fall apart. Perhaps Joseph may never have became Pharaoh had he not been enslaved, had he not fallen (hah literally--didn't he get thrown into a water hole?). But he persisted and kept faith. I think my favorite verse of the whole song is "Your chains will never fall until you do".
It's much easier to always look at the past to see how we've grown from adverse conditions. I think this song, however, is set in the present from reading the verse, "[t]he weight is unbroken" (and many others). But that verse in particular confuses me a bit. Now I understand the gist:
"Don't let the night become the day
Don't take the darkness to the grave
I know pain is just a place
The will has been broken..."
However, what do you think about them specifically? Maybe "[d]on't let the night become the day", pleads with us to not let tomorrow come aimlessly. Don't let a second go by if you have an unaddressed hatred in your heart. Do the verses, "I know pain is just a place [t]he will has been broken", form one sentence? Surely we can still experience pain with a strong and unbroken will. Maybe it's two separate thoughts. Pain is just a place that we're in, a stage in our life. We have an eternity in heaven to look forward to, in the promise and gift from Christ. Maybe the songwriter is just describing the present state in the following verses, "[t]he will has been broken" and "[t]he weight is unbroken".
@jygoehring 1 Corinthians see post below; although I appreciate the Joseph reference. It's pretty much all Paul's letters in this song, as in other NTB songs.
@jygoehring 1 Corinthians see post below; although I appreciate the Joseph reference. It's pretty much all Paul's letters in this song, as in other NTB songs.
Well I'll start a thread then!
I absolutely love their new album, but I will not waste further space about my feelings like so many posts do on here. I don't think the message of this song is too difficult to interpret; keep your eyes open because if you give in to whatever adversity you're facing, you may miss the beauty in front of you. Or perhaps part of the beauty is experiencing adversity. I know nobody takes pleasure in experiencing pain and suffering, but sometimes God can make the most miserable things beautiful.
This is what I think when I read this verse:
"Just past the circumstance The first light... a second chance No child could ever dance the way you do Oh, tear down the prison walls Don't start the curtain call Your chains will never fall until you do"
In the story of Joseph from the Old Testament, Joseph was beaten, lied on, sold into slavery and betrayed by his own brothers, and imprisoned for not giving into seduction. When I'm struggling I try to remember how God used Joseph. In the end, he was made into a better man, forgiving his brothers and showing them love. Maybe we're not blessed with direct communication with God through many of our dreams, but when we look back in our lives and try to figure out where we are, how we got there, I cannot help but think someone has been dragging me on a rope, keeping my eyes open, telling me I'm strong, and never letting me fall apart. Perhaps Joseph may never have became Pharaoh had he not been enslaved, had he not fallen (hah literally--didn't he get thrown into a water hole?). But he persisted and kept faith. I think my favorite verse of the whole song is "Your chains will never fall until you do".
It's much easier to always look at the past to see how we've grown from adverse conditions. I think this song, however, is set in the present from reading the verse, "[t]he weight is unbroken" (and many others). But that verse in particular confuses me a bit. Now I understand the gist:
"Don't let the night become the day Don't take the darkness to the grave I know pain is just a place The will has been broken..."
However, what do you think about them specifically? Maybe "[d]on't let the night become the day", pleads with us to not let tomorrow come aimlessly. Don't let a second go by if you have an unaddressed hatred in your heart. Do the verses, "I know pain is just a place [t]he will has been broken", form one sentence? Surely we can still experience pain with a strong and unbroken will. Maybe it's two separate thoughts. Pain is just a place that we're in, a stage in our life. We have an eternity in heaven to look forward to, in the promise and gift from Christ. Maybe the songwriter is just describing the present state in the following verses, "[t]he will has been broken" and "[t]he weight is unbroken".
@jygoehring 1 Corinthians see post below; although I appreciate the Joseph reference. It's pretty much all Paul's letters in this song, as in other NTB songs.
@jygoehring 1 Corinthians see post below; although I appreciate the Joseph reference. It's pretty much all Paul's letters in this song, as in other NTB songs.