Excuse the length, but I wanted to cover everything:
Artists, poets, and authors will often refer to religious stories or mythological fables to relay their point in a more glorified manner. (experienced ones anyways) With the image of a mother crying, the plea to god: "lord, imma' lose my baby", and the antagonist's conclusion "living means I'm dead here" the crucifixion of Jesus most definitely fits our bill.
However, the song uses the story metaphorically to appeal to a universal idea. We can assume this is the night before the crucifixion by the way Marry speaks of her son as alive and yet to be "lost'. If we were to see the antagonist as someone like you or me this 'crucifixion' could also mean an upcoming trial that is bound to test the limits of our physical, mental, and/or spiritual capacity.
To jesus, "living meant he's dead here"; if he did not go through his trial then his entire purpose of living is obsolete. It's either die literally or metaphorically. So might as well go through your trial; and, if you die trying nothing was lost, right? This is exactly what the antagonist concludes when saying, "Imma drop my head/ before I'm ready to stop!" "Imma dig that grave/ and fall in line for the drop" I'll keep going even if it kills me.
But at last the song's meaning is revealed: "we're babies/ in a scavenger's glimpse" To compare us to babies would be saying we are vunerable and in need of protection; the scavenger is a force that intends to inflict harm. However the neon cross shines and shows us the way we need to go. The cross could literally mean god or metaphorically faith, in god or in our cause. Either way: the song is about not giving up and having faith in what you're doing; then maybe you'll be 'resurrected'.
Excuse the length, but I wanted to cover everything:
Artists, poets, and authors will often refer to religious stories or mythological fables to relay their point in a more glorified manner. (experienced ones anyways) With the image of a mother crying, the plea to god: "lord, imma' lose my baby", and the antagonist's conclusion "living means I'm dead here" the crucifixion of Jesus most definitely fits our bill.
However, the song uses the story metaphorically to appeal to a universal idea. We can assume this is the night before the crucifixion by the way Marry speaks of her son as alive and yet to be "lost'. If we were to see the antagonist as someone like you or me this 'crucifixion' could also mean an upcoming trial that is bound to test the limits of our physical, mental, and/or spiritual capacity. To jesus, "living meant he's dead here"; if he did not go through his trial then his entire purpose of living is obsolete. It's either die literally or metaphorically. So might as well go through your trial; and, if you die trying nothing was lost, right? This is exactly what the antagonist concludes when saying, "Imma drop my head/ before I'm ready to stop!" "Imma dig that grave/ and fall in line for the drop" I'll keep going even if it kills me.
But at last the song's meaning is revealed: "we're babies/ in a scavenger's glimpse" To compare us to babies would be saying we are vunerable and in need of protection; the scavenger is a force that intends to inflict harm. However the neon cross shines and shows us the way we need to go. The cross could literally mean god or metaphorically faith, in god or in our cause. Either way: the song is about not giving up and having faith in what you're doing; then maybe you'll be 'resurrected'.