The religion thing throws a lot of people off, but I felt it was easy to relate the song to the story of Zacchaeus in the bible. The song to me signifies a dialogue between Jesus and Zacchaeus where Jesus notices him in the tree standing cowardly. Zacchaeus knows that Jesus see's him and says how he feels his breath and death.
Zacchaeus was a tax collector who wanted to see Jesus. But he was a very short man. Maybe the point that he is a tax collector in that time and age meant that he wanted to stay in the tree cowardly. Yet, he still wanted to see Jesus the great Nazarene! Ultimately, the song ends off by him giving this utterance of how he wants to say "know", "see" and "say hello" to Jesus.
Wow. You know your stuff. I just figured he was talking about wanting more of God, and not being able to find him. Your relation to the story of zacchaeus has me enjoying the song even more. I never would have thought of comparing the two, but you did and I give you props. I wonder if Tyler had that story in mind when he wrote it? Great minds think alike.
Wow. You know your stuff. I just figured he was talking about wanting more of God, and not being able to find him. Your relation to the story of zacchaeus has me enjoying the song even more. I never would have thought of comparing the two, but you did and I give you props. I wonder if Tyler had that story in mind when he wrote it? Great minds think alike.
@davidbamford props for referencing Zacchaeus, but for this song I'm not seeing it. Especially since he starts off saying he knows that he is standing in the trees silently. With Zacchaeus, Jesus was never in the tree and Jesus spoke to him and called him down. This song seems more like a struggle with faith and in your darkest hours, when you're sick of falling into the same sinful patterns, all you want is to hear and know God and find peace, but you're struggle to find it.
@davidbamford props for referencing Zacchaeus, but for this song I'm not seeing it. Especially since he starts off saying he knows that he is standing in the trees silently. With Zacchaeus, Jesus was never in the tree and Jesus spoke to him and called him down. This song seems more like a struggle with faith and in your darkest hours, when you're sick of falling into the same sinful patterns, all you want is to hear and know God and find peace, but you're struggle to find it.
@davidbamford I used to listen to this song and thought it was about him feel in alone , but I got saved , all praise to God. . But I re listened to this song and thought zaccheaus as well , and how he is like zaccheaus and his audience is like him as well because they want to know God so badly that they are in a tree try it to see Him and know Him but like zaccheaus they think that they must attain to moral standard or be good enough to know God therefore they stay...
@davidbamford I used to listen to this song and thought it was about him feel in alone , but I got saved , all praise to God. . But I re listened to this song and thought zaccheaus as well , and how he is like zaccheaus and his audience is like him as well because they want to know God so badly that they are in a tree try it to see Him and know Him but like zaccheaus they think that they must attain to moral standard or be good enough to know God therefore they stay cowardly in their tree . Until God comes to them . Which I think in the song is represented by the last Long HELLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO . total zaccheaus reference
The religion thing throws a lot of people off, but I felt it was easy to relate the song to the story of Zacchaeus in the bible. The song to me signifies a dialogue between Jesus and Zacchaeus where Jesus notices him in the tree standing cowardly. Zacchaeus knows that Jesus see's him and says how he feels his breath and death.
Zacchaeus was a tax collector who wanted to see Jesus. But he was a very short man. Maybe the point that he is a tax collector in that time and age meant that he wanted to stay in the tree cowardly. Yet, he still wanted to see Jesus the great Nazarene! Ultimately, the song ends off by him giving this utterance of how he wants to say "know", "see" and "say hello" to Jesus.
reference Luke 19 : 1-10
Wow. You know your stuff. I just figured he was talking about wanting more of God, and not being able to find him. Your relation to the story of zacchaeus has me enjoying the song even more. I never would have thought of comparing the two, but you did and I give you props. I wonder if Tyler had that story in mind when he wrote it? Great minds think alike.
Wow. You know your stuff. I just figured he was talking about wanting more of God, and not being able to find him. Your relation to the story of zacchaeus has me enjoying the song even more. I never would have thought of comparing the two, but you did and I give you props. I wonder if Tyler had that story in mind when he wrote it? Great minds think alike.
@davidbamford props for referencing Zacchaeus, but for this song I'm not seeing it. Especially since he starts off saying he knows that he is standing in the trees silently. With Zacchaeus, Jesus was never in the tree and Jesus spoke to him and called him down. This song seems more like a struggle with faith and in your darkest hours, when you're sick of falling into the same sinful patterns, all you want is to hear and know God and find peace, but you're struggle to find it.
@davidbamford props for referencing Zacchaeus, but for this song I'm not seeing it. Especially since he starts off saying he knows that he is standing in the trees silently. With Zacchaeus, Jesus was never in the tree and Jesus spoke to him and called him down. This song seems more like a struggle with faith and in your darkest hours, when you're sick of falling into the same sinful patterns, all you want is to hear and know God and find peace, but you're struggle to find it.
@davidbamford I used to listen to this song and thought it was about him feel in alone , but I got saved , all praise to God. . But I re listened to this song and thought zaccheaus as well , and how he is like zaccheaus and his audience is like him as well because they want to know God so badly that they are in a tree try it to see Him and know Him but like zaccheaus they think that they must attain to moral standard or be good enough to know God therefore they stay...
@davidbamford I used to listen to this song and thought it was about him feel in alone , but I got saved , all praise to God. . But I re listened to this song and thought zaccheaus as well , and how he is like zaccheaus and his audience is like him as well because they want to know God so badly that they are in a tree try it to see Him and know Him but like zaccheaus they think that they must attain to moral standard or be good enough to know God therefore they stay cowardly in their tree . Until God comes to them . Which I think in the song is represented by the last Long HELLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO . total zaccheaus reference