Okay, this is my (long-winded) breakdown of the song. And yes, I view Flyleaf as a Christian Rock band, and I am deciphering this song like a Christian song, though I agree that there are so many interpretations of it! :)
“Sometimes life seems to quiet into paralyzing silence
Like the moonless dark, meant to make me strong
Familiar breath of my old lies change the color in my eyes
Soon he will perforate the fabric of the peaceful by and by”
It is a widely held belief in the Christian faith that God tests us all to make our faith stronger. “Like the moonless dark, meant to make me strong. Next, she speaks of remembering her old mistakes and sins. “Change the color in my eyes” could be speaking of her guilt and sadness at her past mistakes (here I’m going to use the term of being under conviction). Y’know, how people’s eyes are often described as “darkening” with tears? I’m judging that the last line deals with her personal salvation. Although salvation is a wonderful thing, if you were living a life of sin, it will change what you do in your day-to-day life. But this line is tricky and can refer to many, many different things.
”Sorrow lasts through this night
I'll take this piece of you and hold for all eternity
For just one second I felt whole
As you flew right through me”
I think the first line says that maybe she’s just started her faith, but she’s not saved yet, so “sorrow lasts”. Yet, she takes a piece of God (possibly something physical like a Bible or necklace, but most likely just the changes of her philosophies and beliefs) and swears to hold onto it forever. She does feel whole for a second though, when the Spirit was nearby, maybe she witnessed someone else being saved or someone “in the Spirit” but she herself was not saved. “Flew right through me.”
”Left alone with only reflections of the memory
To face the ugly girl that's smothering me
Sitting closer than my pain, he knew each tear before it came
Soon he will perforate the fabric of the peaceful by and by”
I think this deals with her memories of drug use (or any bad memory, really) and her decision that her outward self, her sins and mistakes, are ugly and smothering the real her. “Sitting closer than my pain” refers to God, and how even though she was hurting and confused, God was closer to her than her own pain, and he knew every tear she would cry before she ever did. The repetition of the last line reinforces my view that it refers to her impending salvation.
"And we kiss each other one more time
And sing this lie that's half way mine
The sword is slicing through the question so I won't be fooled
By his angel light"
Maybe here she falters a little, and doesn’t really know if she wants to commit to a religion. “And we kiss each other one more time and sing this lie that’s half-way mine,” I feel means that she either went back to an old junkie boyfriend, OR it could be read more metaphorically and mean that she went back to drugs, even though she knows it’s wrong because she’s simply frightened of giving herself up to God. However, the knowledge that whatever she’s doing is wrong finally gets the best of her, and she realizes that even if the boy/drugs make her feel good momentarily (“angel light”) they are still wrong.
”Sorrow lasts through this night
I'll take this piece of you and hold for all eternity
For just one second I felt whole
As you flew right through me
And up into the stars
Joy will come”
The last two lines end with the hope of salvation. She knows she’s under conviction, and she’s ready to accept Christ and has faith that “Joy will come” even if it’s not right then and there.
This is how I also interpreted it. It's nothing to do with sex, but her decision to let go of the "ugly girl that's smothering her"....the drugs and life she knows is wrong, and to let God into her heart and soul. The "sword" is the truth...slicing into the questions/doubts she has had so that from now on she won't be fooled by "his angel light" refers to the dark angel and the lure to drugs, lying, whatever wrongs she's done that are eating her up inside. She's ready to start a new life now with God in it....
This is how I also interpreted it. It's nothing to do with sex, but her decision to let go of the "ugly girl that's smothering her"....the drugs and life she knows is wrong, and to let God into her heart and soul. The "sword" is the truth...slicing into the questions/doubts she has had so that from now on she won't be fooled by "his angel light" refers to the dark angel and the lure to drugs, lying, whatever wrongs she's done that are eating her up inside. She's ready to start a new life now with God in it.
Okay, this is my (long-winded) breakdown of the song. And yes, I view Flyleaf as a Christian Rock band, and I am deciphering this song like a Christian song, though I agree that there are so many interpretations of it! :)
“Sometimes life seems to quiet into paralyzing silence Like the moonless dark, meant to make me strong Familiar breath of my old lies change the color in my eyes Soon he will perforate the fabric of the peaceful by and by”
It is a widely held belief in the Christian faith that God tests us all to make our faith stronger. “Like the moonless dark, meant to make me strong. Next, she speaks of remembering her old mistakes and sins. “Change the color in my eyes” could be speaking of her guilt and sadness at her past mistakes (here I’m going to use the term of being under conviction). Y’know, how people’s eyes are often described as “darkening” with tears? I’m judging that the last line deals with her personal salvation. Although salvation is a wonderful thing, if you were living a life of sin, it will change what you do in your day-to-day life. But this line is tricky and can refer to many, many different things.
”Sorrow lasts through this night I'll take this piece of you and hold for all eternity For just one second I felt whole As you flew right through me”
I think the first line says that maybe she’s just started her faith, but she’s not saved yet, so “sorrow lasts”. Yet, she takes a piece of God (possibly something physical like a Bible or necklace, but most likely just the changes of her philosophies and beliefs) and swears to hold onto it forever. She does feel whole for a second though, when the Spirit was nearby, maybe she witnessed someone else being saved or someone “in the Spirit” but she herself was not saved. “Flew right through me.”
”Left alone with only reflections of the memory To face the ugly girl that's smothering me Sitting closer than my pain, he knew each tear before it came Soon he will perforate the fabric of the peaceful by and by”
I think this deals with her memories of drug use (or any bad memory, really) and her decision that her outward self, her sins and mistakes, are ugly and smothering the real her. “Sitting closer than my pain” refers to God, and how even though she was hurting and confused, God was closer to her than her own pain, and he knew every tear she would cry before she ever did. The repetition of the last line reinforces my view that it refers to her impending salvation.
"And we kiss each other one more time And sing this lie that's half way mine The sword is slicing through the question so I won't be fooled By his angel light"
Maybe here she falters a little, and doesn’t really know if she wants to commit to a religion. “And we kiss each other one more time and sing this lie that’s half-way mine,” I feel means that she either went back to an old junkie boyfriend, OR it could be read more metaphorically and mean that she went back to drugs, even though she knows it’s wrong because she’s simply frightened of giving herself up to God. However, the knowledge that whatever she’s doing is wrong finally gets the best of her, and she realizes that even if the boy/drugs make her feel good momentarily (“angel light”) they are still wrong.
”Sorrow lasts through this night I'll take this piece of you and hold for all eternity For just one second I felt whole As you flew right through me And up into the stars
Joy will come”
The last two lines end with the hope of salvation. She knows she’s under conviction, and she’s ready to accept Christ and has faith that “Joy will come” even if it’s not right then and there.
I love your interpretation of this song. It deffinatly makes a lot of sense and I couldnt agree more.
I love your interpretation of this song. It deffinatly makes a lot of sense and I couldnt agree more.
This is how I also interpreted it. It's nothing to do with sex, but her decision to let go of the "ugly girl that's smothering her"....the drugs and life she knows is wrong, and to let God into her heart and soul. The "sword" is the truth...slicing into the questions/doubts she has had so that from now on she won't be fooled by "his angel light" refers to the dark angel and the lure to drugs, lying, whatever wrongs she's done that are eating her up inside. She's ready to start a new life now with God in it....
This is how I also interpreted it. It's nothing to do with sex, but her decision to let go of the "ugly girl that's smothering her"....the drugs and life she knows is wrong, and to let God into her heart and soul. The "sword" is the truth...slicing into the questions/doubts she has had so that from now on she won't be fooled by "his angel light" refers to the dark angel and the lure to drugs, lying, whatever wrongs she's done that are eating her up inside. She's ready to start a new life now with God in it.