I'm mostly with EveryEmotion on this one. From the first time I heard the song, I've always thought that "this is the pain of believing, and there's no easy way out", in conjunction with "and they say you will be saved, but no...your face tells me you won't be free", meant that as a believer in Jesus Christ, you may share your faith with those whom you are close to and love, but sometimes they will reject and not believe, even to the point of death. For a believer in Jesus to have a loved one die that doesn't know Christ, it is one of the most painful feelings, even though they still have their joy in Christ, hence "after the devil beats his wife" and "you wanna swim in the river, I wanna dance in the summer". Also, the singer in the song could be experiencing the "pain of believing", because he is a Christian, but chose to not talk about it with his friend, for fear that it might not go over well, so he chose to hide his true self, but now is regretful for doing so, with his friend now dying or dead. I believe this can be seen in the bridge of the song; his decision to hide the Truth, because of his realization that "people want the truth but never want the scars", and now his regret seeing his "best friend dying" while he's "the one that's still lying", with him still feeling the "pain of believing" and regret, even with someone saying "it's gonna be OK" multiple times.
No amount of words can bring comfort when it comes to a believer in Christ having a loved one die outside of Christ, even if they shared the Gospel with them. This pain is even greater if they know they are partially at fault for not being real and sharing the Truth with their loved one before their death. "This is the pain of believing, and there's no easy way out."
I'm mostly with EveryEmotion on this one. From the first time I heard the song, I've always thought that "this is the pain of believing, and there's no easy way out", in conjunction with "and they say you will be saved, but no...your face tells me you won't be free", meant that as a believer in Jesus Christ, you may share your faith with those whom you are close to and love, but sometimes they will reject and not believe, even to the point of death. For a believer in Jesus to have a loved one die that doesn't know Christ, it is one of the most painful feelings, even though they still have their joy in Christ, hence "after the devil beats his wife" and "you wanna swim in the river, I wanna dance in the summer". Also, the singer in the song could be experiencing the "pain of believing", because he is a Christian, but chose to not talk about it with his friend, for fear that it might not go over well, so he chose to hide his true self, but now is regretful for doing so, with his friend now dying or dead. I believe this can be seen in the bridge of the song; his decision to hide the Truth, because of his realization that "people want the truth but never want the scars", and now his regret seeing his "best friend dying" while he's "the one that's still lying", with him still feeling the "pain of believing" and regret, even with someone saying "it's gonna be OK" multiple times.
No amount of words can bring comfort when it comes to a believer in Christ having a loved one die outside of Christ, even if they shared the Gospel with them. This pain is even greater if they know they are partially at fault for not being real and sharing the Truth with their loved one before their death. "This is the pain of believing, and there's no easy way out."