i think i appreciate this song more than before having read the lyrics. this song is great to say the least. the lyrics gave me chills reading them. i'm not sure though if i get the same idea of "temptations" and trying to overcome them. what i get from the song is that he's comparing himself to a criminal. he's no different... hence "criminals", so maybe he's including himself in the title.
but what did the criminal see that made him judge him when he walked into his room? maybe the room is a metaphor to his mind. maybe the criminal was terrified when he saw what was in his mind, so he asks "why do you live this way?" maybe the criminal tells him his near death experience and compares it to the writers own life, and his own existence and then says "at least i called into question why we take this route". and the writer simply says, "you think that i don't know?" or "you think i don't think the same things? you think that i don't call into question why i walk this route? well, you're wrong."
i dunno, so many things to explore... maybe the temptation you guys are referring to is that he's also comparing himself to the criminal in the sense that he wished he had something more... what it is, i dunno. this song sounds very personal and perhaps bradford cox is singing about his personal demons that it would only take him to explain it more thoroughly. great great song!
i think i appreciate this song more than before having read the lyrics. this song is great to say the least. the lyrics gave me chills reading them. i'm not sure though if i get the same idea of "temptations" and trying to overcome them. what i get from the song is that he's comparing himself to a criminal. he's no different... hence "criminals", so maybe he's including himself in the title. but what did the criminal see that made him judge him when he walked into his room? maybe the room is a metaphor to his mind. maybe the criminal was terrified when he saw what was in his mind, so he asks "why do you live this way?" maybe the criminal tells him his near death experience and compares it to the writers own life, and his own existence and then says "at least i called into question why we take this route". and the writer simply says, "you think that i don't know?" or "you think i don't think the same things? you think that i don't call into question why i walk this route? well, you're wrong."
i dunno, so many things to explore... maybe the temptation you guys are referring to is that he's also comparing himself to the criminal in the sense that he wished he had something more... what it is, i dunno. this song sounds very personal and perhaps bradford cox is singing about his personal demons that it would only take him to explain it more thoroughly. great great song!