just my guess. the song is called "head full of doubt/road full of promise". it might be about having doubts, and seeing the promise that lies beyond.
remember in the first stanza, "it" refers to the darkness. the darkness presents itself as light. in our world, religion and other absolutes present themselves as the only light for men (this little light of mine :)). "the fine print" would refer to sacred texts. it's not a flattering term. those sacred texts tell me what's wrong and right. their wrong and right comes in nice, neat black and white. i'm frightened by those who don't see that it's darkness.
know when you'll be happy? when you stop worrying about what's owed to you, deserved by you, or expected from you. when you're not more or less happy based on who becomes president.
loving someone and having them love you will make you happy.
decide what to be. go be it!
a warning. getting out of the cage of darkness is amazing freedom. but it's hard to get out all those ideas drilled into your head for so long...since you were a kid. guilt. fears of hell. expectations of family. absolutes and easy answers.
see it?
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the avett brothers clearly have a religious background. i think they want to get through to religious people. just my guess.
it reminds me of a young jewish teacher a couple thousand years ago. in that story, religion didn't want to hear that it was the darkness.
p.s. "the darkness" doesn't have to mean "evil"- which is the sense in which religious people would use it. it can simply mean a failure to see. a failure to imagine better ways than their own black and white.
p.s. "the darkness" doesn't have to mean "evil"- which is the sense in which religious people would use it. it can simply mean a failure to see. a failure to imagine better ways than their own black and white.
just my guess. the song is called "head full of doubt/road full of promise". it might be about having doubts, and seeing the promise that lies beyond.
remember in the first stanza, "it" refers to the darkness. the darkness presents itself as light. in our world, religion and other absolutes present themselves as the only light for men (this little light of mine :)). "the fine print" would refer to sacred texts. it's not a flattering term. those sacred texts tell me what's wrong and right. their wrong and right comes in nice, neat black and white. i'm frightened by those who don't see that it's darkness.
know when you'll be happy? when you stop worrying about what's owed to you, deserved by you, or expected from you. when you're not more or less happy based on who becomes president.
loving someone and having them love you will make you happy. decide what to be. go be it!
a warning. getting out of the cage of darkness is amazing freedom. but it's hard to get out all those ideas drilled into your head for so long...since you were a kid. guilt. fears of hell. expectations of family. absolutes and easy answers.
see it?
-- the avett brothers clearly have a religious background. i think they want to get through to religious people. just my guess. it reminds me of a young jewish teacher a couple thousand years ago. in that story, religion didn't want to hear that it was the darkness.
p.s. "the darkness" doesn't have to mean "evil"- which is the sense in which religious people would use it. it can simply mean a failure to see. a failure to imagine better ways than their own black and white.
p.s. "the darkness" doesn't have to mean "evil"- which is the sense in which religious people would use it. it can simply mean a failure to see. a failure to imagine better ways than their own black and white.
wow! I just posted a reply to the post above yours and just saw your post now. I see exactly as you: about the "fears of hell", etc. Amazing!
wow! I just posted a reply to the post above yours and just saw your post now. I see exactly as you: about the "fears of hell", etc. Amazing!