No comments huh? Yeah this song is cool. Right angles/ triangles? Like the right angles formed by the cross vs the triangles forming the Jewish Star? Well, and the triangle of the Trinity, I guess. And then the song is called Shibboleth. That's a Hebrew word about Christian stuff. I don't really get the connection between the lyrics and the definition. It was a word that, when pronounced, would distinguish a person's nationality based on how they pronounced it. Basically a code word.
What else? There's a bunch of stuff here that seems critical of Christian interpretations of the New Testament. And then a reference to Lord Byron, maybe? I didn't read much of his stuff in school, more of a Blake and Coleridge man, myself.
Also, again, no third verse to make this song truly complete. So many artists put out songs with really interesting concepts and ideas that seem almost complete, but the lack of a stellar final verse to put things on its head a la Dylan...it's a lost art. Oh God, here I am getting obsessed with threes like a proper Christian, which I swear I'm not. Not that it should matter.
No comments huh? Yeah this song is cool. Right angles/ triangles? Like the right angles formed by the cross vs the triangles forming the Jewish Star? Well, and the triangle of the Trinity, I guess. And then the song is called Shibboleth. That's a Hebrew word about Christian stuff. I don't really get the connection between the lyrics and the definition. It was a word that, when pronounced, would distinguish a person's nationality based on how they pronounced it. Basically a code word.
What else? There's a bunch of stuff here that seems critical of Christian interpretations of the New Testament. And then a reference to Lord Byron, maybe? I didn't read much of his stuff in school, more of a Blake and Coleridge man, myself.
Also, again, no third verse to make this song truly complete. So many artists put out songs with really interesting concepts and ideas that seem almost complete, but the lack of a stellar final verse to put things on its head a la Dylan...it's a lost art. Oh God, here I am getting obsessed with threes like a proper Christian, which I swear I'm not. Not that it should matter.