The subject of this song is God, not a woman. The "letters" are what was written in The Bible...letters that God had "left behind". It is about the author turning away from an idea that sounds good on paper, but was never real because extent of the relationship was only "in ink". He is turning away from a life of futile piety, and warns others who are also attracted to a beautiful idea to (seemingly ironically) "pay heed to your heart and not to your wit" - this means to consider the reality and the emotional and philosophical limits/sacrifices of what they're getting into (in other words, following your heart), as opposed to just doing what they are told and raking in these promises word for word without any discretion or heed to what they really mean...and this is not easily done through letters alone.
And the line that supposes the priests would "swap their blood for wine", simply means that said group of priests are (by nature) alcoholics and would figuratively give their life for a drink...but that line is mainly there to serve as a comparison for "Jesus(God) trading his life so that people could know his story of passion in the form of ink", and also to point out hypocrisy in even the ones who are supposed to set an example.
i agree with everything you have to say, but, i disagree with you for the blood for wine. what he's talking about transubstantiation, or the belief that when the priests bless the ceremonial wine (and bread) that it literally turns into it into blood (and flesh), so when he says they swapped the blood for wine, he's being ironic because technically its supposed to be the other way around. long story short: he's using clever wordplay to say that priests are abandoning their sacred ways.
i agree with everything you have to say, but, i disagree with you for the blood for wine. what he's talking about transubstantiation, or the belief that when the priests bless the ceremonial wine (and bread) that it literally turns into it into blood (and flesh), so when he says they swapped the blood for wine, he's being ironic because technically its supposed to be the other way around. long story short: he's using clever wordplay to say that priests are abandoning their sacred ways.
You could also argue that "swap their blood for wine" refers to the old, hypocritical ruling of the church in the past and therefore flynn is saying there is no point following such a religion/constitution?
You could also argue that "swap their blood for wine" refers to the old, hypocritical ruling of the church in the past and therefore flynn is saying there is no point following such a religion/constitution?
Just to clear up and simplify things...
The subject of this song is God, not a woman. The "letters" are what was written in The Bible...letters that God had "left behind". It is about the author turning away from an idea that sounds good on paper, but was never real because extent of the relationship was only "in ink". He is turning away from a life of futile piety, and warns others who are also attracted to a beautiful idea to (seemingly ironically) "pay heed to your heart and not to your wit" - this means to consider the reality and the emotional and philosophical limits/sacrifices of what they're getting into (in other words, following your heart), as opposed to just doing what they are told and raking in these promises word for word without any discretion or heed to what they really mean...and this is not easily done through letters alone.
And the line that supposes the priests would "swap their blood for wine", simply means that said group of priests are (by nature) alcoholics and would figuratively give their life for a drink...but that line is mainly there to serve as a comparison for "Jesus(God) trading his life so that people could know his story of passion in the form of ink", and also to point out hypocrisy in even the ones who are supposed to set an example.
That may be true, but it also reminds me of my ex-boyfriend, hee-hee!
That may be true, but it also reminds me of my ex-boyfriend, hee-hee!
i agree with everything you have to say, but, i disagree with you for the blood for wine. what he's talking about transubstantiation, or the belief that when the priests bless the ceremonial wine (and bread) that it literally turns into it into blood (and flesh), so when he says they swapped the blood for wine, he's being ironic because technically its supposed to be the other way around. long story short: he's using clever wordplay to say that priests are abandoning their sacred ways.
i agree with everything you have to say, but, i disagree with you for the blood for wine. what he's talking about transubstantiation, or the belief that when the priests bless the ceremonial wine (and bread) that it literally turns into it into blood (and flesh), so when he says they swapped the blood for wine, he's being ironic because technically its supposed to be the other way around. long story short: he's using clever wordplay to say that priests are abandoning their sacred ways.
You could also argue that "swap their blood for wine" refers to the old, hypocritical ruling of the church in the past and therefore flynn is saying there is no point following such a religion/constitution?
You could also argue that "swap their blood for wine" refers to the old, hypocritical ruling of the church in the past and therefore flynn is saying there is no point following such a religion/constitution?