Basically "The Great Hendowski" is a conversation between a homeless man and either Austin Carlile or Shayley Bourget (cannot be determined because Austin and Shayley both do vocals in the song, and the lyrics are in first person) where [Austin or Shayley] gives the homeless man a bible when he says "How can you smile...this is all we've got?" (first stanza)
[Austin or Shayley] replies by saying "read this book...note what's written in read...speaks of hope, trust and love". The book is presumably the christian holy bible because the letters in red are what Jesus Christ said, and the book does speak of hope, trust, and love.
The rest is just back and forth conversation between [Austin or Shayley] and the homeless man:
[Austin or Shayley]: "Don't speak that way...life is beauty"
Homeless man: "How can you smile when this life is all we've got?"
[Austin or Shayley]: "There's no hole...covered with love"
[Austin or Shayley]: "Don't speak that way...life is beauty"
Finally [Austin or Shayley] recapitulates by saying "This world is not my home, I'm jsut passing through. There's hope, there's love. I know there is a void. There's hope and there is love, but there's no void that can't be covered with love."
Again, basically it's [Austin or Shayley] giving a homeless man a bible when he questions the meaning or point of existence.
Basically "The Great Hendowski" is a conversation between a homeless man and either Austin Carlile or Shayley Bourget (cannot be determined because Austin and Shayley both do vocals in the song, and the lyrics are in first person) where [Austin or Shayley] gives the homeless man a bible when he says "How can you smile...this is all we've got?" (first stanza)
[Austin or Shayley] replies by saying "read this book...note what's written in read...speaks of hope, trust and love". The book is presumably the christian holy bible because the letters in red are what Jesus Christ said, and the book does speak of hope, trust, and love.
The rest is just back and forth conversation between [Austin or Shayley] and the homeless man: [Austin or Shayley]: "Don't speak that way...life is beauty" Homeless man: "How can you smile when this life is all we've got?" [Austin or Shayley]: "There's no hole...covered with love" [Austin or Shayley]: "Don't speak that way...life is beauty"
Finally [Austin or Shayley] recapitulates by saying "This world is not my home, I'm jsut passing through. There's hope, there's love. I know there is a void. There's hope and there is love, but there's no void that can't be covered with love."
Again, basically it's [Austin or Shayley] giving a homeless man a bible when he questions the meaning or point of existence.
"written in red" my interpretation
"written in red" my interpretation