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Pulled off the highway in Missouri
And lo, our hearts were heavy laden
Made for the chapel with some spraypaint
For all the things we'd held in secret
Lord, lift up these lifeless bones
Light cascading through the windows
All the rainbow's heavy tones
He has fixed his sign in the sky
He has raised me from the pit and set me high
Left that place in ruin
Drunk on the spirit and high on fumes
Checked into a Red Roof Inn
Stayed up for several hours and then slept like infants
In the burning fuselage of my days
Let my mouth be ever fresh with praise
He has fixed his sign in the sky
He has raised me from the pit and set me high
Each morning new
Each day shot through
With all the sharp, small shards of shrapnel
That seem to burst out of me and you
Head down toward Kansas
We will get there when we get there, don't you worry
Feel bad about the things we do along the way
But not really that bad
We inhaled the frozen air
Lord, send me a mechanic if I'm not beyond repair
He has fixed his sign in the sky
He has raised from the pit and he will set me high
And lo, our hearts were heavy laden
Made for the chapel with some spraypaint
For all the things we'd held in secret
Lord, lift up these lifeless bones
Light cascading through the windows
All the rainbow's heavy tones
He has fixed his sign in the sky
He has raised me from the pit and set me high
Left that place in ruin
Drunk on the spirit and high on fumes
Checked into a Red Roof Inn
Stayed up for several hours and then slept like infants
In the burning fuselage of my days
Let my mouth be ever fresh with praise
He has fixed his sign in the sky
He has raised me from the pit and set me high
Each morning new
Each day shot through
With all the sharp, small shards of shrapnel
That seem to burst out of me and you
Head down toward Kansas
We will get there when we get there, don't you worry
Feel bad about the things we do along the way
But not really that bad
We inhaled the frozen air
Lord, send me a mechanic if I'm not beyond repair
He has fixed his sign in the sky
He has raised from the pit and he will set me high
Lyrics submitted by mdon06, edited by irate13, embassyrow
Track duration: 03:15
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He's said many times that he used to be a Catholic but now, he definitely isn't and definitely doesn't believe in God so his meaning for the song is definitely different from the meaning I get from it.
But to me, it's about desecrating a church in a sense of abandoning the corruption, the hypocrisy, and false doctrine. It's a song about mysticism, about saying "forget what people tell me about God. They may be right, they maybe wrong and maybe the way God works for them isn't the way he works for me. I will learn first hand from God himself." A song about people fed up with whats been given them trying to find the answers themselves. They certainly don't have them, but they thirst. deeply.
"God send me a mechanic if I am not beyond repair" is an interesting line.
It's justified rebellion here: I act how I want. God will correct me, or else he doesn't mind that I am incorrect.
The speaker follows God strictly because God is powerful (Fixed his sign in the sky) and not out of a need for hope, peace, truth, or morality. He respects only the power, and his allegiance to God is one strictly of submission to authority.
"With all the sharp small shards of shrapnel
that seem to burst out of me and you"
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Lord, send me a mechanic
if I'm not beyond repair.
Pulled off the highway. . . and lo, our hearts were heavy laden
& subsequently, i'm assuming, about equal parts bitterness and reverence towards religion.
"The tour of the (? name) chapel with the children with giant eyes by two guys on meth has been tragically underdocumented"
I think he is expressing his incredulity with some people's interpretation of religion.
roadsideamerica.com/tour/…