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My head is saying no
But my heart keeps giving in
So hard to let it go
When it's there under my skin
Well if this is the face of a sinner
And if heaven is only for winners
Well I don't care 'cause I won't know anybody there
Thought I'd let it slide
But it's me that's slipping in
Thought that I'd go for a ride
Before this crash I'm dying in
Well if I'm judged on the life I've been living
And if heaven is not so forgiving
Well I don't care 'cause I won't know anybody there
I don't care 'cause I won't know anybody there
My head is saying
But my heart keeps giving in
So hard to let it go
When it's there under my skin
Well if I'm judged on the life I've been living
And if heaven is not so forgiving
Well I don't care 'cause I won't know anybody there
I don't care 'cause I won't know anybody there
Oh, I don't care 'cause I won't know anybody there
Is there anybody there
Is there anybody there
Is there anybody there
But my heart keeps giving in
So hard to let it go
When it's there under my skin
Well if this is the face of a sinner
And if heaven is only for winners
Well I don't care 'cause I won't know anybody there
Thought I'd let it slide
But it's me that's slipping in
Thought that I'd go for a ride
Before this crash I'm dying in
Well if I'm judged on the life I've been living
And if heaven is not so forgiving
Well I don't care 'cause I won't know anybody there
I don't care 'cause I won't know anybody there
My head is saying
But my heart keeps giving in
So hard to let it go
When it's there under my skin
Well if I'm judged on the life I've been living
And if heaven is not so forgiving
Well I don't care 'cause I won't know anybody there
I don't care 'cause I won't know anybody there
Oh, I don't care 'cause I won't know anybody there
Is there anybody there
Is there anybody there
Is there anybody there
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For me, the song wasn´t made to deny the existence of God, or to encourage people to live their lives recklessly, but to question the rigidity that some religions impose to people. Maybe God himself is more forgiving than the interpretation men gave to his word.
PS. to those of you so "shocked" that the band would write a song like this...remember that some of the band members are atheist, and the band as a whole has proved that they have doubts about religion in other songs.
There is an idea that I have come across that says that for the descriptions of heaven, such as eternal bliss, constant happiness, or nothing bad ever happening, to be true, humans can not exist in their current form. Humans, by their nature, will make mistakes and mistakes can lead to people not being happy. Since happiness is constant to heaven, these errors must not be able to exist. The only way to stop humans from making these errors is to make them not human. So when the singer says he wont know anybody in heaven it would mean that there is nothing of our family or friends in heaven that we would recognize. Also it would be hard for me to be happy if I knew that people I loved were being tortured, or separated from god, or whatever the opposing outcome to going to heaven is. To solve this would mean either doing away with this "not heaven" or removing my memory of everyone who had not made the cut. Not only would you not know anyone in heaven, they would not even remember you.
I really hope that people will come to realize that God is a forgiving God and all those who will enter heaven are not holy people. We are all sinners but because of God's grace we'll be able to enter his kingdom if only we believe. :)
and to lbackert, God wants our recognition because He loves us and gave us free will to either believe in Him or Not, and He wants us to show that we love Him through the lives that we live....
well that's my opinion, I know everyone won't agree with it but it's just another christian perspective :)
'Well if this is the face of a sinner,
And if heaven is only for winners,
Well I don't care,
'Cause I won't know
Anybody there.'
is that as far as he's concerned and where he comes from,he doesn't quite now anybody who is perfect enough to enter heaven,therefore even if he's not allowed in there,he won't mind cause as far as he's concerned,no person exists whom he knows to be the way christians want people who will enter into heaven to be...just my thoughts..i can kinda relate there.
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the song starts off by talking about temptations:
"My head keeps saying "no",
But my heart keeps giving in.
So hard to let it go
When it's there, under my skin."
but the thing is we're all going to give in to temptations sometimes. and as long as we recognize that we've given in and that it was wrong, then its okay. God will forgive us no matter what, all we have to do is ask.
"Well if this is the face of a sinner,
And if heaven is only for winners,
Well I don't care,"
okay yes, we're all sinners. but again, God will forgive anyone who asks. often we're harder on ourselves than God himself, God forgives us but we stay mad at ourselves. If God can forgive ours sins then we need to forgive ourselves too. and who ever said heaven was only for winners? heaven is for anyone who knows Jesus Christ as their saviour.
"'Cause I won't know
Anybody there."
out of the whole song, this is what upset me the worst. just knowing that theres even one person on this earth who thinks they don't know anyone who they can say is going to heaven is a really sad thing to think about. and it means that all of us christians need to reach out to people we wouldn't normally reach out to and show them that we care about them and pray for them, we need to reach out to people who don't know our God as their saviour and help them with any questions they might have and pray for them, and we need to stop "hiding" our faith, many of us don't let everyone we know know of our faith we tell the people that we're sure share our faith but not the ones were unsure about and i'm guilty of this too. our lives don't always show off what we're all about and we need to change that. if more people see how great what we have is, more people will become curious to learn more about our God and live for him too.
"Thought that I'd let it slide,
But it's me that's slipping in.
Thought that I'd go for a ride
Before this crash I'm dying in."
this verse kind of stumped me. i'm not really sure of what theyre saying here. i'm guessing its about temptations and sins again.
"Well if I'm judged on the life I've been living
And if heaven is not so forgiving,
Well I don't care,
'Cause I won't know
Anybody there."
we are judged by the lives we live, but God is forgiving of all of his children who are saved. all God asks of us is to accept him as our saviour and live this short life for him. that isn't much considering all that he does for us. He accepts us, He forgives us and loves us no matter what, Jesus died for us so that we could sin, He puts up with all of us and all of our cries, He listens to all of our prayers, He guides us with His word, and He created a home for all of us in heaven where we will stay with him for ETERNITY versus you know living with the devil for all of time. So when you remember who created heaven and who chooses whether we will go to heaven or hell, heaven actually is quite forgiving, because God is forgiving.
the song ends by repeating the same phrase three times:
"Is there anybody there?"
once again, all of us christians need to reach out to people we wouldn't normally reach out to and just let them know that we're there for them and that we care about them.
As an atheist, this song has a different meaning to me. I come from a religious family that is always worried I won't be in the afterlife with them. But I'm a good person who cares about other people, and that's one issue I have with Christianity. If a serial killer/murderer asks for forgiveness from God, he is forgiven and able to get into heaven, but just because I don't believe in God, I'm supposedly not going to heaven because I don't believe. I question the justice behind this entire concept. Is God so much of an egotist that he needs my recognition? So any rapist, child molester or murderer can get into heaven if they ask God to forgive them? Because allowing a murderer over a doubtful person inside the gates of heaven is clearly and unarguably unjustified.
"Well if this is the face of a sinner,
And if heaven is only for winners,
Well I don't care,"
I think this indicates what I talked about above. This person doesn't consider himself a sinner, but if it is than heaven is really only for the specific people who "won" by making the right choice in life. It is said that God plans out everyone's entire lives before they even live them, so he creates winners and losers in the respects of heaven and hell in an afterlife.
"Thought that I'd let it slide,
But it's me that's slipping in.
Thought that I'd go for a ride
Before this crash I'm dying in."
I think here he is talking about enjoying life while you can before the ultimate end of your life.
I think the repeated question "Is there anybody there?" and this piece of the song rely illuminate it's meaning:
"Well if I'm judged on the life I've been living
And if heaven is not so forgiving,
Well I don't care,
'Cause I won't know
Anybody there."
If everyone is being judged and heaven doesn't allow this person into heaven, there must not be many people there anyway.
Needless to say, yes, God will forgive you if you ask for forgiveness, but he does also have some requirements, like the ten commandments. And of course, one commandment is about murder and other stuff you were talking about above. So I'm just trying to put justice into my religion.
I'm really sorry, though, it's just this thing that builds up inside of some people whenever they see something bad being said about their religion.
I also just really, really love this song. :)