its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
Well I hold the rope
And I hold the sail
And I kept my papers
To keep from land in jail
And I fought piranhas
And I fought the cold
There was no one with me
I was all alone, yeah
Well it's Easter morning now
And there's no one around
So I unroll the sermon
And walk into the town
There was no one with me
I was all alone
And I fought piranhas
And I fought the cold, yeah
Well you know what it's like
I don't got to tell you
Who puts up a fight
Walking out of hell now
When you fought piranhas
And you fought the cold
There's nobody with you
Yes, you're all alone, yeah
And I hold the sail
And I kept my papers
To keep from land in jail
And I fought piranhas
And I fought the cold
There was no one with me
I was all alone, yeah
Well it's Easter morning now
And there's no one around
So I unroll the sermon
And walk into the town
There was no one with me
I was all alone
And I fought piranhas
And I fought the cold, yeah
Well you know what it's like
I don't got to tell you
Who puts up a fight
Walking out of hell now
When you fought piranhas
And you fought the cold
There's nobody with you
Yes, you're all alone, yeah
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so.. this is my very first comment thing.. i was just running and listening to this on my mp3 player and it hit me..
look at the 'chorus'
"and i fought piranhas and i fought the cold there was noone with me i was all alone" if we break that apart and take each one indiviually look what happens.. the first 'verse' is like Him (Jesus) fighting piranhas (or avoiding getting killed before He was supposed to.. people did want to kill Him.. like pharisees and such religious leaders.. He kept His 'papers' or His scripture.. you know the things the prophets said about Him.. so that He could die how he was supposed to.. aand He sailed around with a bunch of fishermen.. in a bunch of storms physically emotionally and spiritually.. He fought some sort of piranha like enemy..)
2.. lol
"and i fought the cold" i can only imagine how cold it would be in a tomb after youve been dead for 3 days.. its a little self explanitory after you catch on to the idea.. then #3 of course.. "theres noone with you and youre all alone" He died for all of our sins so we dont have to go to hell.. He did it.. we werent with Him.. He was alone..
aand just because jack wrote in Easter and piranhas and papers and cement etc doesnt necessarily mean all those things.. he does have a bit of writers freedom i guess is what you can call it.. Easter gives you a clue as to what he is talking about.. i mean who here wouldve picked up on the spiritual part without it.. honestly.. and piranhas doesnt have to be a fish.. it can be a metaphor.. and papers is pretty close to like scrolls or scripture.. oh and cement can be construed as the huge piece of rock or the boulder that had been placed in front of Jesus' tomb..
buut these are just my thoughts that came to me as i was running a minute ago.. and this is just my first comment so.. yeah..
@cactusjack316 Why did they put minus 2 on this interpretation? At least Cactus Jack paid attention! I'm puttin it 1 up!