"If everything's relative, then why the emptiness in our souls?"
In our modern western culture, we're told that truth is relative. Everybody's gotta find their own truth. Your truth may be different from my truth may be different from the other guy's truth. We're told we'll find meaning once we "discover ourselves" and "find our own truth."
This breaks down in many ways, but one of the most obvious ways is that even after we embrace this relative mindset, our souls will still be empty. Why is everyone around us still craving more? It's never enough money or pleasure or whatever. Ultimately, there's only one thing that will fill us, and it's not the stuff of this world.
(sorry, I submitted this comment to the album page when I just meant to put it here on the song page)
"If everything's relative, then why the emptiness in our souls?"
In our modern western culture, we're told that truth is relative. Everybody's gotta find their own truth. Your truth may be different from my truth may be different from the other guy's truth. We're told we'll find meaning once we "discover ourselves" and "find our own truth."
This breaks down in many ways, but one of the most obvious ways is that even after we embrace this relative mindset, our souls will still be empty. Why is everyone around us still craving more? It's never enough money or pleasure or whatever. Ultimately, there's only one thing that will fill us, and it's not the stuff of this world.
(sorry, I submitted this comment to the album page when I just meant to put it here on the song page)