Lyric discussion by songyone 

I think of this song as a little frame of a childhood memory - maybe of a five or six year old. He is with a bunch of children, maybe running after the older kids, who just look like a bunch of coats since they are so bundled up. He thinks in his child's mind that the scarves keep their heads from falling off. Then he looks behind him and his friend has fallen and hurt himself and there is bright red blood in the snow. Sometimes a memory like that sticks with you even though you can't remember anything else about it.

@songyone the song is actually a poem I can't remember who it was written by but, it's about the French Revolution and the red scarves are what the children wore to symbolize that they were part of the revolution, because all the adults were killed by the government to show that if they rebel they will be killed. And Michael, idk who that guy is probably just an example of what would happen to the kids who fight the government.

@songyone This song is obviously about Jesus. think about the word "hymnal" in the title. where else do you see the word but the bible. michael refers to the angel michael.

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