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We once drew
Some lines in black
And right now it's about time
We took them back
So bored of losing ground to the heresy
In our hearts.
With a steady steady hand hand hammer hammer blade blade through you sweaty skin skin.
Please don't stay
We're not well past asking
This time we'll make it clear
Our point is made
You're no longer welcome here
(But we) wish you well
With a steady hand hand hammer hammer blade blade through your sweaty sweaty skin skin skin
Off with your head
We'll take it all back and then some
Never again... Off with your head
We'll cut out all that's a hinderance
Bleed the old man
And just in case you want to protest
Your eviction, imminent
With a rolling head
On the dirty pavement
And just in case you want to contest
Your destruction, evident
The decisionn, permanent
We'll send you out so you'll know that you will find a bright shiny new home on the other side
(Never again
Never again will you)
You're no longer welcome here
(But we) Wish you well...
With a steady steady hand hand hammer hammer blade blade through your sweaty skin skin
I know who I am in the Depths of
Spirit and truth
I've seen the face of redemption
And He isn't you
I'm through indulging my tastes of
My crulest nature
So I think this blade better suites you...
Since were the ones
Who occupy this temple
We'll be the ones
Who'll show you out
Some lines in black
And right now it's about time
We took them back
So bored of losing ground to the heresy
In our hearts.
With a steady steady hand hand hammer hammer blade blade through you sweaty skin skin.
Please don't stay
We're not well past asking
This time we'll make it clear
Our point is made
You're no longer welcome here
(But we) wish you well
With a steady hand hand hammer hammer blade blade through your sweaty sweaty skin skin skin
Off with your head
We'll take it all back and then some
Never again... Off with your head
We'll cut out all that's a hinderance
Bleed the old man
And just in case you want to protest
Your eviction, imminent
With a rolling head
On the dirty pavement
And just in case you want to contest
Your destruction, evident
The decisionn, permanent
We'll send you out so you'll know that you will find a bright shiny new home on the other side
(Never again
Never again will you)
You're no longer welcome here
(But we) Wish you well...
With a steady steady hand hand hammer hammer blade blade through your sweaty skin skin
I know who I am in the Depths of
Spirit and truth
I've seen the face of redemption
And He isn't you
I'm through indulging my tastes of
My crulest nature
So I think this blade better suites you...
Since were the ones
Who occupy this temple
We'll be the ones
Who'll show you out
Lyrics submitted by MrBojangles123
Track duration: 04:22
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Schwab has openly expressed his disgust with postmodern Christianity and the "prosperity gospel" spread by popular media evangelists. I believe this song is both about purging ourselves of that which corrupts us and about purging our religion of those who misrepresent Christ. The violent nature of the song represents the seriousness of the need to "crucify the old man" as Paul writes.
The other meaning of this song relates to Project 86 as a band. One thing I love about this band is they allow their fans to experience all their emotions in their career along with them. Just listen to Songs to Burn Your Bridges By, and you will see their anger and hurt over what happened with Atlantic Records. ...And the Rest Will Follow is about the band getting back to its roots. "We once drew some lines in black" is a clear reference to the album Drawing Black Lines, considered one of their more spiritual releases.
As you read their lyrics, you will see they are always deep and almost always contain many layers of meaning. I encourage you to be open to both the spiritual meaning and the personal meaning to the band. Ultimately, we may never truly know what was going through Schwab and company's mind unless they choose to tell us directly.
"Since we're the ones
Who occupy this temple
We'll be the ones
Who'll show you out."
Could be that Priest explanation from earlier, but I think a better interpretation, one that I've found has a way more personal meaning, would be that Andrew is talking about ourselves. In the Bible, it talks about our bodies being a "temple" to God. If we've accepted Jesus in our lives, we have Someone else living inside our bodies. Therefore, I'm pretty sure this is saying, "Since we're the landlords, we can kick you out." This, of course, is directed to old sin nature, mentioned as "the old man" in this song. We become a new creation, a new man when we accept Christ as savior. "Bright Shiny New Home" is in reference to Hell. ;) Both of the Ichabod's, the one in Sleepy Hollow and the one in the Bible, work in this song. I think that's something intentional. The rest, to me, seems fairly self explanatory: Wanting to cut out all of the sin that's in our lives, but as mentioned before, at the HEAD. That means, taking all the control out of it, or the root of the trouble. Sure, you can cut out parts of your sin, but if you don't cut out the root, it just grows back. :D Anywho, that's my take on the song.
The song's title and the phrase "off with your head" relate to the analogy from the story Sleepy Hollow, because at the end of the story, the weird horseman throws what might be his head at Ichabod Crane. In the same way, we are to cut off forcefully and painfully the parts of ourselves that destroy us.
some lines in black" really is referring to the "Drawing Black Lines" CD, then why
would they want to change anything from that album? in my opinion, they still sound
a lot like that album (in a good way!), and their lyrics are still christian. so what
is it that they want to change?
We once drew
Some lines in black
And right now it's about time
We took them back
He's talking about taking back Christianity from televangelists and philosophy such as the gospel of wealth that's so popular nowadays.
I've seen the face of redemption
And He isn't you
I'm through indulging my tastes of
My crulest nature
The singer knows that Jesus is the only way to eternal life and that what alot of modern evengelists are preaching isn't what he commands. He's tired of going with the crowd and wants to get things aligned with the word of God again.
Some lines in black
And right now it's about time
We took them back
[think it's talking about how he's not going to dwell on past mistakes(or sin)]
So bored of losing ground to the heresy
In our hearts.
[self explanatory]
“We're well past asking”