| Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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your interpretation is good. being a psychology major myself I agree with you on the childhood issue. BUT I might be one of those annoying Christians you speak of. I don't claim Sufjan nor his lyrics. truth be told I only came across this song because Tim Keller (pastor of Redeemer Church in NY) quoted him in one of his sermons. Romans 7 says "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do–this I keep on doing." I know this is true because I see it played out in my own life everyday. We all have the capacity to do terrible evil things. Unfortunately that's just where our hearts are. take motives for example. I may think that my intentions are good but in my heart I'm really doing certain things for selfish gain. Sufjan (and yes he might be referring to the innocence of childhood, I'm not an expert) could be referring to the fact that we all have the capacity, like Gacy, to do terrible things. "look beneath the floor boards" refers to our hearts. check your hearts. there is evil in there that might not appear on the surface. |
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