Furr is a song about the adventures of a rebellious teenager developing into a man. Starting off with a boy who is 17 and curious about the world, the main character starts to wander into the "woods". The "woods" can easily be a metaphor for dark and unexplored territory such as sex or drugs. While diving into this new world head first, the boy finds companions: his "wolf pact". These wolves could be a new group of edgy teenagers who center their lives around drugs and mischief. Being excepted into this group, the teenager finds himself "singing" with his wolf pact, or committing to this new life style. Spending years in this mischievousness group the boy started to lose his capability to relate to the real world and make "good" decisions. Joining this wolf pact made him start to question his relationship with God and his own capability to make meaningful decisions. Noticing that his skin had turned to "fur" is a metaphor for how he had completely lost control of his life.
The chorus is a powerful statement that is commenting on the boy's life decisions. It is saying that you have every right to center your life around drugs and mischief, but these things will effect your judgement. The "river on fire" is referring to painful decisions that will ultimately effect your life in a bad way. By not doing the right thing, you start to question the reality of God and his power over your life. But through everything you do, mainly the bad choices one makes, you learn and grow to understand the world around you in a broader and more experienced way; so, you should never regret the things that you do.
The second verse is when the boy who turned into a "wolf" metaphorically sheds his fur in order to start a new life with a girl he loves. Entering this life "that he honestly doesn't know" is showing his inexperience because of his vacancy during his teenage years due to the drugs and mischief he did with his wolf pact. He never learned how to take care of a family or run a farm, so he is pushed into another new world, which fortunately, has more value in today's society. Nostalgic for the days when he ran free with his wolf pact, the boy (now man) looks into his past when he hadn't a care in the world except to experience life. Knowing that he now had responsibility to take care of his wife, kids, and farm, the man discovers that he made the right decision even though his previous life was more fun.
Ultimately, Furr is a song about growth and understanding, while coming to agree with your past. The "fur" resembles the capability that everyone has to make mistakes. And just like fur, your life can get dirty, but fur sheds and life goes on. This song is about understanding that every decision in one's life might not be the best decision, but it will always give you new experience that allows you to understand the world around you, and most importantly, the soul within.
Furr is a song about the adventures of a rebellious teenager developing into a man. Starting off with a boy who is 17 and curious about the world, the main character starts to wander into the "woods". The "woods" can easily be a metaphor for dark and unexplored territory such as sex or drugs. While diving into this new world head first, the boy finds companions: his "wolf pact". These wolves could be a new group of edgy teenagers who center their lives around drugs and mischief. Being excepted into this group, the teenager finds himself "singing" with his wolf pact, or committing to this new life style. Spending years in this mischievousness group the boy started to lose his capability to relate to the real world and make "good" decisions. Joining this wolf pact made him start to question his relationship with God and his own capability to make meaningful decisions. Noticing that his skin had turned to "fur" is a metaphor for how he had completely lost control of his life.
The chorus is a powerful statement that is commenting on the boy's life decisions. It is saying that you have every right to center your life around drugs and mischief, but these things will effect your judgement. The "river on fire" is referring to painful decisions that will ultimately effect your life in a bad way. By not doing the right thing, you start to question the reality of God and his power over your life. But through everything you do, mainly the bad choices one makes, you learn and grow to understand the world around you in a broader and more experienced way; so, you should never regret the things that you do.
The second verse is when the boy who turned into a "wolf" metaphorically sheds his fur in order to start a new life with a girl he loves. Entering this life "that he honestly doesn't know" is showing his inexperience because of his vacancy during his teenage years due to the drugs and mischief he did with his wolf pact. He never learned how to take care of a family or run a farm, so he is pushed into another new world, which fortunately, has more value in today's society. Nostalgic for the days when he ran free with his wolf pact, the boy (now man) looks into his past when he hadn't a care in the world except to experience life. Knowing that he now had responsibility to take care of his wife, kids, and farm, the man discovers that he made the right decision even though his previous life was more fun.
Ultimately, Furr is a song about growth and understanding, while coming to agree with your past. The "fur" resembles the capability that everyone has to make mistakes. And just like fur, your life can get dirty, but fur sheds and life goes on. This song is about understanding that every decision in one's life might not be the best decision, but it will always give you new experience that allows you to understand the world around you, and most importantly, the soul within.