the paint on a sign lyrics: Is there anyone who
Ever remembers
Changing their mind from
The paint on a sign
Is there anyone who
Really recalls
Ever breaking rank at all
For something someone yelled real loud one time
and he's just saying "does going out to rallies and protests yelling and screaming and waving signs with slogans or whatever actually change people's minds about things?"
the "belief is a beautiful armor
but makes for the heaviest sword" is john mayer saying that it's good to defend your beliefs (armor is for defense) but you can't attack others with your beliefs (swords for attacks) i.e. saying all muslims or christians or jews or gays or blacks or whites or whatever other group out there should die because your belief or holy book or diety says you should
the cool thing about these lyrics are that they can mean different things to different people. obviously if you have faith in something, be it God or communism or both, you will take the words to mean that belief is good but that we shouldn't use it as a reason to attack others.
the cool thing about these lyrics are that they can mean different things to different people. obviously if you have faith in something, be it God or communism or both, you will take the words to mean that belief is good but that we shouldn't use it as a reason to attack others.
if you claim not to believe in anything, you will most likely share the view of those who consider belief systems to be at the root of all the problems in the world, including terrorism, poverty and genocide.
if you claim not to believe in anything, you will most likely share the view of those who consider belief systems to be at the root of all the problems in the world, including terrorism, poverty and genocide.
i would just like to highlight a few things that I've noticed by looking at the actual words and language.
first of all, did you notice all the question marks (lines starting with "is there anyone who...")? this indicates his own uncertainty about the power of beliefs and the effect they have on people. he is questioning, not suggesting.
secondly, the metaphors he uses, like "the paint on a sign" and "belief is a beautiful armor" makes the concept of beliefs universal, i.e. he's not referring to any one group of believers, either political activists or muslims.
there are two aspects of the meaning that i think people here have got wrong. when he says "(belief) makes for the heaviest sword" he cleverly refers to Paul's description of the christian weaponry in Ephesians. according to Paul however, belief (or faith) serves as a shield to protect us, not a sword to defend ourselves with.
he goes on to liken it to "punching under water" which does not imply that belief is a dangerous weapon but rather that it is completely ineffective as a weapon when used to, eg. justify wars.
lastly, when he says "is there anyone who really recalls ever breaking rank at all..." i think this could also mean: when was the last time we believed so strongly in something that we were willing to take risks to effect change? for example struggle heroes during apartheid who risked their lives because they believed in democracy.
the paint on a sign lyrics: Is there anyone who Ever remembers Changing their mind from The paint on a sign Is there anyone who Really recalls Ever breaking rank at all For something someone yelled real loud one time
and he's just saying "does going out to rallies and protests yelling and screaming and waving signs with slogans or whatever actually change people's minds about things?"
the "belief is a beautiful armor but makes for the heaviest sword" is john mayer saying that it's good to defend your beliefs (armor is for defense) but you can't attack others with your beliefs (swords for attacks) i.e. saying all muslims or christians or jews or gays or blacks or whites or whatever other group out there should die because your belief or holy book or diety says you should
the cool thing about these lyrics are that they can mean different things to different people. obviously if you have faith in something, be it God or communism or both, you will take the words to mean that belief is good but that we shouldn't use it as a reason to attack others.
the cool thing about these lyrics are that they can mean different things to different people. obviously if you have faith in something, be it God or communism or both, you will take the words to mean that belief is good but that we shouldn't use it as a reason to attack others.
if you claim not to believe in anything, you will most likely share the view of those who consider belief systems to be at the root of all the problems in the world, including terrorism, poverty and genocide.
if you claim not to believe in anything, you will most likely share the view of those who consider belief systems to be at the root of all the problems in the world, including terrorism, poverty and genocide.
i would just like to highlight a few things that I've noticed by looking at the actual words and language.
first of all, did you notice all the question marks (lines starting with "is there anyone who...")? this indicates his own uncertainty about the power of beliefs and the effect they have on people. he is questioning, not suggesting.
secondly, the metaphors he uses, like "the paint on a sign" and "belief is a beautiful armor" makes the concept of beliefs universal, i.e. he's not referring to any one group of believers, either political activists or muslims.
there are two aspects of the meaning that i think people here have got wrong. when he says "(belief) makes for the heaviest sword" he cleverly refers to Paul's description of the christian weaponry in Ephesians. according to Paul however, belief (or faith) serves as a shield to protect us, not a sword to defend ourselves with.
he goes on to liken it to "punching under water" which does not imply that belief is a dangerous weapon but rather that it is completely ineffective as a weapon when used to, eg. justify wars.
lastly, when he says "is there anyone who really recalls ever breaking rank at all..." i think this could also mean: when was the last time we believed so strongly in something that we were willing to take risks to effect change? for example struggle heroes during apartheid who risked their lives because they believed in democracy.