the song is about Dave questioning faith through prayer, free will and the requests of mankind towards our needs and fate that has already been written.
if the girl became sick and died. it was their fate. no amount of prayer would have changed the event.
the expectations of mankind towards God can become skewed as we look through our eyes the activities of God within our daily struggles instead of through Gods eyes and the reason for the event occuring.
dave is learning the knowledge of Good and evil.
as he is experiencing things he didnt expect.
Firstly, I view Dave as using the word "cancer" broadly to mean an evil condition or something that spreads destructively, NOT only the medical disease.
Firstly, I view Dave as using the word "cancer" broadly to mean an evil condition or something that spreads destructively, NOT only the medical disease.
I Agree with Me2's interpretation. I feel that this song is about the man's struggle with faith--specifically reconciling the evils of our world with an omnipotent creator who has the ability to cure them.
I Agree with Me2's interpretation. I feel that this song is about the man's struggle with faith--specifically reconciling the evils of our world with an omnipotent creator who has the ability to cure them.
Additionally, the last verse :
Additionally, the last verse :
"Oh, you may find you're faithful
You may find out the reaction"
"Oh, you may find you're faithful
You may find out the reaction"
Here he, (the person in the song), addresses those who proclaim to have faith, suggesting to them that once they their faith, they may lose it as well. Dave is suggest that untested certainty, or faith in a higher power is not stronger than those who are struggling and doubt their faith after testing it.
the song is about Dave questioning faith through prayer, free will and the requests of mankind towards our needs and fate that has already been written.
if the girl became sick and died. it was their fate. no amount of prayer would have changed the event. the expectations of mankind towards God can become skewed as we look through our eyes the activities of God within our daily struggles instead of through Gods eyes and the reason for the event occuring.
dave is learning the knowledge of Good and evil. as he is experiencing things he didnt expect.
he's learning how to be a humbled creature
Firstly, I view Dave as using the word "cancer" broadly to mean an evil condition or something that spreads destructively, NOT only the medical disease.
Firstly, I view Dave as using the word "cancer" broadly to mean an evil condition or something that spreads destructively, NOT only the medical disease.
I Agree with Me2's interpretation. I feel that this song is about the man's struggle with faith--specifically reconciling the evils of our world with an omnipotent creator who has the ability to cure them.
I Agree with Me2's interpretation. I feel that this song is about the man's struggle with faith--specifically reconciling the evils of our world with an omnipotent creator who has the ability to cure them.
Additionally, the last verse :
Additionally, the last verse :
"Oh, you may find you're faithful You may find out the reaction"
"Oh, you may find you're faithful You may find out the reaction"
Here he, (the person in the song), addresses those who proclaim to have faith, suggesting to them that once they their faith, they may lose it as well. Dave is suggest that untested certainty, or faith in a higher power is not stronger than those who are struggling and doubt their faith after testing it.
I thought Stefan's daughter died of SIDS, not cancer.
I thought Stefan's daughter died of SIDS, not cancer.