Siren's Call, Now in iTunes Options

[Old Man Withers]

SirensCall is now available on iTunes. I have to say, very solid song!

[Bremang]

I have been fascinated by the lyrics on TDTH for years. To me this was the album where Ed started turning from the Eastern religions to more western Christian beliefs.

Look at a song like Sparkle



The first part of the song to me is a strong reference to the story of Jesus Christ. Jesus was a man who hung out with all these types of sinners. Love was his message, he wanted to see if love could overcome their sins. The grapes to wine reference as well is very obviously Christian.



In this verse I feel like Ed is writing from the view of the sinners. Just the line with "someone" in quotes makes me feel like he was starting to question his personal spirituality. The wind in the last part of the verse gives me an interpretation of God speaking to him.


and Where Fishes Go



to me, there is no way around the interpretation that Ed was having a spiritual battle while writing this song. God had let him down so many times before that he would take refuge by hiding. Then when he found what was in his mind the beauty of God he realized that he could come out of that hiding and as he exclaims, just BREATHE!


There are other lyrics on the album that seem to convey a spiritual battle that he was going through at the time. I love it, because I think a lot of people can relate to it.

A great songwriter will rarely ever give their own interpretation of the song, because they want to give the power to each person listening to have their own interpretations.

Just my 2 cents.

i don't see any Christianity in those lyrics. i think it was just general love and god concepts.