this is a song about how the judge (god, christian morality) freezes our souls with the emphasis on moral purity. and how the hell of empathy and compassion (because feeling other's pain can be extremely painful) will thaw out our frozen souls.
"When the leader of the bad guys sang
Something soft and soaked in pain
I heard the echo from his secret hideaway
He must've forgot to close his door
As he cranked out those dismal chords
And his four walls declared him insane"
the devil is the one who understands our pain and suffering. and those who care are usually dismissed with whatever convenient excuse is available.
"You're the judge, oh no
Set me free
You're the judge, oh no
Set me free
I know my soul's freezing
Hell's hot for good reason
So please, take me"
the judge doesn't care about us beyond our adherence to moral purity. and we need to be released from this judgment because it isn't helping. it's freezing our souls.... and Hell is hot for good reason because we need to be thawed out in a warm place.
"I don't know if this song
Is a surrender or a revel
I don't know if this one
Is about me or the devil"
they're still lost and confused... they're experiencing empathy and compassion for the same time.... and suddenly all those people you condemned for not living up to your definition of moral purity are starting to look a lot more like you.... the us (the saved) vs. them (the damned) mentality is breaking down.... we're all damned.... we can only be saved through each other and not through fretting over the judgement of an inhuman god.
this is a song about how the judge (god, christian morality) freezes our souls with the emphasis on moral purity. and how the hell of empathy and compassion (because feeling other's pain can be extremely painful) will thaw out our frozen souls.
"When the leader of the bad guys sang Something soft and soaked in pain I heard the echo from his secret hideaway He must've forgot to close his door As he cranked out those dismal chords And his four walls declared him insane"
the devil is the one who understands our pain and suffering. and those who care are usually dismissed with whatever convenient excuse is available.
"You're the judge, oh no Set me free You're the judge, oh no Set me free I know my soul's freezing Hell's hot for good reason So please, take me"
the judge doesn't care about us beyond our adherence to moral purity. and we need to be released from this judgment because it isn't helping. it's freezing our souls.... and Hell is hot for good reason because we need to be thawed out in a warm place.
"I don't know if this song Is a surrender or a revel I don't know if this one Is about me or the devil"
they're still lost and confused... they're experiencing empathy and compassion for the same time.... and suddenly all those people you condemned for not living up to your definition of moral purity are starting to look a lot more like you.... the us (the saved) vs. them (the damned) mentality is breaking down.... we're all damned.... we can only be saved through each other and not through fretting over the judgement of an inhuman god.