This song is about the "dead man" inside of him trying to rise back up, and his awareness of it and struggle against it.
The non-Christian listener wouldn't know this unless you were familiar with the New Testament. In Christian theology, the old, sinful you is considered "dead", and the new. born-again you is a "new creation." Here are a few Scriptural examples:
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
This song is about the "dead man" inside of him trying to rise back up, and his awareness of it and struggle against it.
The non-Christian listener wouldn't know this unless you were familiar with the New Testament. In Christian theology, the old, sinful you is considered "dead", and the new. born-again you is a "new creation." Here are a few Scriptural examples:
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.