Lyric discussion by telnetlocalhos 

Cover art for Meridian lyrics by August Burns Red

The people who survive the sword will find favor in the desert. Surviving the sword was God showing grace after being rejected. The favor found in the desert was rest.

I will build you up again and you will be rebuilt. Along with rest was healing.

I am the painter making this mess a masterpiece. This mess is really left up as an exercise to the reader. For myself the mess is my own unbelief, doubt, and pain that are all I have left.

I will rebuild you up again. These lyrics are a promise that life will be given again.

My Interpretation