I think the song is about abuse - especially when you place it in the context of the EP. The whole thing is VERY obviously a commentary from a child of abuse whose father abused him, his brother and his mother. I think the bible references serve as a metaphor to the situation it is surrounding. Abraham was going to sacrifice his son, and the son knew it. He had to live the rest of his life knowing that his father valued god more than him, feeling that he has to earn his fathers love.
Other than the name isaac and the minor allusion to that story the song pretty clearly details the relationship of a younger brother who has seen his older brother abused and is now seeing what happens later in life. He is saying that he worships him. They relate together in feeling that a fathers love must be earned while a mothers does not, when obviously that should not be true. The brother is saying that he is going to give him all of his love, because he is alone and without love.
I also wonder if it's what happens after their mother is dead - Isaac's head pressed against the (tomb)stone.
I think the song is about abuse - especially when you place it in the context of the EP. The whole thing is VERY obviously a commentary from a child of abuse whose father abused him, his brother and his mother. I think the bible references serve as a metaphor to the situation it is surrounding. Abraham was going to sacrifice his son, and the son knew it. He had to live the rest of his life knowing that his father valued god more than him, feeling that he has to earn his fathers love.
Other than the name isaac and the minor allusion to that story the song pretty clearly details the relationship of a younger brother who has seen his older brother abused and is now seeing what happens later in life. He is saying that he worships him. They relate together in feeling that a fathers love must be earned while a mothers does not, when obviously that should not be true. The brother is saying that he is going to give him all of his love, because he is alone and without love.
I also wonder if it's what happens after their mother is dead - Isaac's head pressed against the (tomb)stone.