It's fine to have your own opinion on Thrice, but flat out saying, "Thrice is a christian band, I don't care what you say" is just ignorant. You still have three other peoples religious standpoints in question. Don't just assume they are because Dustin draws inspiration from his faith.
i just want to say, that, to those 3 people that disliked the video.. i know its just 3, but how can you possibly listen to this amazing song and dislike it? Did you just not listen to the whole song? I had it on shuffle thrice on my iPod and it played this song, and i thought, well, this sucks, until the end and then i realized the true meaning of the lyrics. Now, i can't stop listening to this beautiful song
Epic. I wish they'd break into the new-age Christian scene. It isnt like their lyrics don't spell it out, and maybe they'd get a bigger following then.
@HisLioness95 I don't consider myself religious by any means.. However, they raise some very valid images in relation to life on earth.. I wouldn't say there is a god, but there are powers above our own and nature itself governs us more than we think. They may or may not have feelings or be able to express themselves in the way these songs describe. Basically this music teaches some great lessons but I would not automatically assume that its based on Christianity..
Anyone else blown away at the fact that the final lines of the song are sung to a microphone that they buried and started dropping dirt on? Insane with originality I say.
Favorite part of this song is that you can hear them burying you at the very end. Perfect end to this series. Quite an inspirational piece of work they did. Truly unforgettable.
Ohh, I've listened to each of the songs which were written from the perspective of each element (child of dust, silver wings, kings upon the main and the flame deluge) and they're all so sad.
@novamarine500 I believe they actually buried the mic at the end of the song in a bucket of dirt, i read it some where, an interview or something. This song is too amazing for words.
you listen to this because your mind is comprised of chemicals that craves for things that evoke more of those chemicals because your a tool and an organic lifeform...that is what you call your connection
I have to admit, Thrice makes one of the most scariest songs ever.
Like this one when you're burried alive and Digital Sea where you're sinking deeper and deeper into the sea. Its not that it sounds scary, just the feeling you get when you hear it is scary.
I think I speak for everyone when I say that we all feel some sort of connection to Thrice. I don't know what it is, but their music really strikes a nerve and you can FEEL the music.
I love thrice and this song just shows how deep their songs can be. Though I think this song's meaning is what you take from it, i dont think it has just one story to it :)
The song is Earth talking to man, about how she gave us anything we could ever wish for, and our insatiable hunger ended with us trying to escape Earth to satisfy our greed in space. Earth can't figure out why we do it, but talks about how eventually man will turn back to dust (the extinction of man), and we'll be made into something better for a second chance: "For every seed must die before it grows". It really is something, Dustin's a lyrical genius ^^
I dont think they're singing about religion or god. I read some where that this song and 3 others are sung in the perspective of an element. This one being the element of earth.
does it mtter what there singing about, im definatley not a christian, but some of their songs sound very christiany. i dont like te songs any less, i just try to interprate them in a different way
Pretty sure this song is talking about Adam's defiance in the garden of Edin and how it brings God agony that now we have inherited death as a result.
I think the most obvious Christian reference in the lyrics is the line "All Eden's wealth arrayed before your eyes". I assume Dustin is referencing the story of the Garden of Eden in the book of Genesis. "Eden's wealth" is most likely referencing nature itself.
"The solemn bells", they could be the bells of a church ringing when the person in the song dies?
And maybe I'm looking into this a bit much but the opening line "Dear prodigal, you are my son"... In Jesus' parable of the Prodigal Son, the son of the title demands his inheritance while his father is still alive, then leaves and wastes it away. In order to survive, he takes up a job feeding pigs, which was a job looked down upon by society at the time. Returning home to his father, he was still greeted with open arms.
The Earth will still greet us with open arms when we die even though we treat it so badly. According to the lyrics, the Earth is our mother and we are her children. When we die, we return to her and she keeps us safe from "prying spades" and human "wisdom". She will also teach us eternal sleep.
Well, in the book of Genesis, it says that God took man out of the earth. The child of dust is saying that we are of this earth, and when we die, our bodies will return to it.
@32spider Also, the band isn't christian.. It's singing about the 4 elements, the story of the elements as well. So basically this is singing about how you are born of the earth, people aren't too kind to it, but we all return back to it to stem new life. =]
Not regarding this song at all... But anyways... Dustin did an interview and was asked about their song "the great exchange" and he talked about his faith. Duhh(: haha i love these guys more than life. they really are genius.
Aah, there goes my English again =) What I wanted to say is that on the album there are 4 songs that each represent an element. Not each song on the album, sorry for that.
This song is about a child dying and belonging to the ground but not its spirit. There is a coffin open in the ground with a microphone in it and they're all singing around it, and toward the end, they close the coffin and start burying it with the microphone in it. You can still hear them singing but you can also hear the dirt piling on the coffin. It's really cool. You would have to listen to it to understand, so , listen to it!!!!
The song's story is told from the perspective of the Earth. The Earth created the human and "only gives him love", but he "rebelled" and destroyed the beauty of nature. The Earth doesn't understand why, but still the humans return to the Earth when they die and are burried. It's supposed to tell us that we come from the Earth and we will all return to it, no matter how we treat nature.
Each song on the album represents one element (fire, water, air, earth).
because that's how they actually recorded it. They put a mic in a box, closed it, threw dirt on top of it, and low passed the song more and more each time dirt falls on the box with the mic in it. The effect is profound, I show people this song, and they can listen to it and zone out cuz most people cant pay attention anymore, but the end always gets people... it's real
Just because he says "Prodigal" I wouldn't say its based on that story. Just imagery. Just like "every seed must die before it grows" is clearly a reference to John 12:24. But its clearly the earth, dirt, etc. talking. It's almost like the dirt that God used to create man in Genesis 2 personified and speaking to the dying. Pretty cool either way!
agree i was looking for beggars at wal mart the other day and went up the electronics guy and asked if they had the latest thrice album and he looked at me and was like who? i was like son of a bitch...
Actually a depressing thought that humans have stripped this earth so brutally. An amazing, groundbreaking piece of music, but it's truly saddening to know that this music is a repercussion of our ignorance.
they idea of the song is death really. and burying a person. the way the song is portrayed, you have died and are being put to rest. But not to worry, because it describes the beauty of being one with earth. Hence the end of the earth album in the alchemy index.
as you can hear it sounds more and more fadding of its the sound of you being in the casket and their putting more and more dirt and you hear the dirt less and less i would on here you not even here the dirt but when i have my earphones and listening to it you could hear it, its a nice song sad though but a really good one hope that kinda helps you out... sorry if I'm wrong but its just my perspective on it
(everything you're going to read is just my opinion)
at the end they placed a microphone into a wooden box and shuffled dirt on it. and the reason why theres 'one-minute-nothing'... well... i'd say they wanted to create the dead-atmosphere when being buried.
if every one did what thrice songs are about then they world would be in peace and harmony but hey all of thrice's lyrics come from or relate to the.. BIBLE people just wont listen... let it be by the beatles every word it the key to life and every one knows that song just no one takes it in to consideration
It's not from the bible dude shut the fuck up seriously , I hate how people can think about goodness and stand up for it and people fucking think it has to be about God.... It's simple music to inspire people to change their ways (Rethoric)
you are very right, but considering the fact that Dustin DID write it, it very well can possibly have a christian theme. Most, NOT ALL, but most of the lyrics he writes are christian themed. but it isn't a praise and worship type of song. hope that makes sense lol
Just kidding, you guys are freaking stupid. This song is about Earth and how It gave us our bodies, but not our souls, and how it has no idea why/how we could allow ourselves to destroy It, our own planet.
I think it's very interesting that in all of these songs, none of the elements are angry with us in a vengeful sort of way. More that they are just baffled and upset with us. Sounds like Infinite Patience to me.
Any parent worth their mettle will agree that their child is entirely prodigal to them, you don't have to be religious to appreciate the humility in all humans being a "child of dust."
It's irritating that so many people are so quick to whack "THIS IS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY!" onto anything even remotely uplifting.
And to anyone who wants to oppose my comment, no one cares what you believe in, it's why you believe that matters.
Thrice is not a Christian band. All of the members are Christian but that doesn't mean that is what their songs are about. They make references to things in Christianity but they also make references to other things such as the Greek myth of Icarus yet no one here is saying that, "Thrice is a Greek band."
Teppei and Dustin are, Riley and Ed aren't. But EVEN STILL...it doesn't matter. I listen to atheist bands, like Dredg and Karnivool. Don't say their religion doesn't define their music, because it does. Mainly Dustin's lyrics, which have a great deal of Biblical influence.
yes, all of their songs are christian, especially ones like daedalus, which is about a greek myth, and burn the fleet, a song that refers to the conquistadors burning their ships before conquering south and central america so that retreat would not be an option.
it could mean god talking to his prodigal children...but i think it could also be a father or mother burring a dead child... were they lie in the earth no prying spade can get them the spade meaning harmful things of the world.... now return to the mother (earth) safe beneath their wisdom (humanities wisdom can lead to nuclear war etc) and their feet here ill teach you how to truly sleep.... (forever....)
Am I the only one that is believing the interpretation is about God's response to Adam and Eve falling from grace and being stricken with mortality? The one line that stuck to make me believe this "For every seed must die before it grows" Making me think they are talking about every generation after Adam and Eve inheriting sin and mortality. :P Am I somewhere in the ball park?
I could definately say you're in the ball park. Of course interpretation varries from person to person, but the lyrics clearly hint that it's God's response to Adam, and technically Eve also, though it only mentions one child, and at that, the child being a son of God.
Nevertheless, i'd say you're pretty dead on with your thoughts.
I beleive you're talking about "The Earth Isn't Humming"
Yeah, i can't figure that one out either. Then again, it's not a song written by Thrice, "The Earth Isn't Humming" was innitially a song by a band by the name of Frodus if i remember correctly.
The meaning of the sond still eludes me nevertheless. I can't help ya with that one, lol
That one was too hard for me so I had to look at what other people got out of it. The best assessment I came across was the wolf represented lust and the lion represented sin. So my assumption is that the song was about the losing struggle of temptation.
This song really really...eh hits you it has that in retrospect looking back vibe to it. Like seeing your life pass before your eyes. A lot like dust in the wind by kansas as far as the feeling i get from it only child of dust is a bit more positive.
It is about how man was made of earth... and man being kicked from Eden.. and Therefore not immortal and how we can die... at the end of the song the mic is burried and it sounds as if the person is being burried. which i found to be really creative on their part.
this song has so much meaning. It is so deep and through. I understand the message they are trying to get across. This song should be in LOTS of movies...
Yes I dare you to find 2 mor eemotion filled moments in music. This song also destroys me every time i hear it no matter how many times I hear it. And the fact that they buried a mic and had dustin sing to it at the end so to simulate being buried is just not fair.
i want this song palyed at my funeral.
mrlaoTzu09 2 months ago
It's fine to have your own opinion on Thrice, but flat out saying, "Thrice is a christian band, I don't care what you say" is just ignorant. You still have three other peoples religious standpoints in question. Don't just assume they are because Dustin draws inspiration from his faith.
Jtenor2012 2 months ago
This song has done a lot for me when i was walking in darkness. This band is amazing.
tilkingdom 3 months ago
i just want to say, that, to those 3 people that disliked the video.. i know its just 3, but how can you possibly listen to this amazing song and dislike it? Did you just not listen to the whole song? I had it on shuffle thrice on my iPod and it played this song, and i thought, well, this sucks, until the end and then i realized the true meaning of the lyrics. Now, i can't stop listening to this beautiful song
nicefeet7 5 months ago
Epic. I wish they'd break into the new-age Christian scene. It isnt like their lyrics don't spell it out, and maybe they'd get a bigger following then.
HisLioness95 5 months ago
@HisLioness95 I don't consider myself religious by any means.. However, they raise some very valid images in relation to life on earth.. I wouldn't say there is a god, but there are powers above our own and nature itself governs us more than we think. They may or may not have feelings or be able to express themselves in the way these songs describe. Basically this music teaches some great lessons but I would not automatically assume that its based on Christianity..
goldstariv 3 months ago in playlist homework mix
It does kind of sound like Muse.
SaveUsBTP 9 months ago
This song moves me
chaoxiong16 9 months ago
Anyone else blown away at the fact that the final lines of the song are sung to a microphone that they buried and started dropping dirt on? Insane with originality I say.
"Safe beneath their wisdom and their feet,
here I will teach you truly how to sleep."
StyvenHasPower 9 months ago 23
@StyvenHasPower Poor microphone :(
SuperTaiji 6 months ago
Favorite part of this song is that you can hear them burying you at the very end. Perfect end to this series. Quite an inspirational piece of work they did. Truly unforgettable.
Synerate 10 months ago 2
A child of dust, to mother now return;
For every seed must die before it grows.
And though above the world may toil and turn,
No prying spade will find you here below.
Now safe beneath their wisdom and their feet,
Here i will teach you truly how to sleep.
ThisIsMore 1 year ago 12
@ThisIsMore i have the sinal 2 lines tattoo'd on me, i love that lyric.
peachyruu 10 months ago 3
Ohh, I've listened to each of the songs which were written from the perspective of each element (child of dust, silver wings, kings upon the main and the flame deluge) and they're all so sad.
Feygeass 1 year ago
@Feygeass look at how many lives each element has claimed, no wonder theyre sad.
the best music comes from raw emotion. and thats exactly what Kensrue does.
This is by far my favourite.
DragonicFiend 1 year ago 2
@DragonicFiend yeah, I'll have to agree with you on that ;)
Feygeass 1 year ago
Im sure im not the first to notice, but in the end it sounds like your being buried..... eerie but cool
novamarine500 1 year ago
@novamarine500 I believe they actually buried the mic at the end of the song in a bucket of dirt, i read it some where, an interview or something. This song is too amazing for words.
Rocket0512 1 year ago
@Rocket0512 Yeah they are one of my favorite bands, along with Muse both are great live too
novamarine500 1 year ago
peace be!
peace b to all creation and that which is you, and i, and one! all is moving and changing. be true to one's self =] peace be!
dsuhar 1 year ago
peace be!
dsuhar 1 year ago
peace be!
dsuhar 1 year ago
you listen to this because your mind is comprised of chemicals that craves for things that evoke more of those chemicals because your a tool and an organic lifeform...that is what you call your connection
igunzOsick 1 year ago 3
@igunzOsick And I enjoy every minute of it.
blazeadam09 1 year ago
I have to admit, Thrice makes one of the most scariest songs ever.
Like this one when you're burried alive and Digital Sea where you're sinking deeper and deeper into the sea. Its not that it sounds scary, just the feeling you get when you hear it is scary.
I for sure love it though
TomasE3 1 year ago
I think I speak for everyone when I say that we all feel some sort of connection to Thrice. I don't know what it is, but their music really strikes a nerve and you can FEEL the music.
llecho419ll 1 year ago
i love this song more and more every day <3
technosoulangel 1 year ago
I love thrice and this song just shows how deep their songs can be. Though I think this song's meaning is what you take from it, i dont think it has just one story to it :)
ssjtrunksM 1 year ago
Their songs are amazing. I just discovered them. They're so deep and have so much meaning. <3
emtika800 1 year ago
The song is Earth talking to man, about how she gave us anything we could ever wish for, and our insatiable hunger ended with us trying to escape Earth to satisfy our greed in space. Earth can't figure out why we do it, but talks about how eventually man will turn back to dust (the extinction of man), and we'll be made into something better for a second chance: "For every seed must die before it grows". It really is something, Dustin's a lyrical genius ^^
AshitakaNakagawa 1 year ago
1:45 onwards...the sound of being buried.
ConcurrentContrast 1 year ago
I dont think they're singing about religion or god. I read some where that this song and 3 others are sung in the perspective of an element. This one being the element of earth.
464346B 1 year ago
shiiiit :(...
TheCircusAddicted 1 year ago
does it mtter what there singing about, im definatley not a christian, but some of their songs sound very christiany. i dont like te songs any less, i just try to interprate them in a different way
corpsicles981 1 year ago
BEAUTIFULLLLLLLL.
imonec00lcat 1 year ago
Now this is real music...
MoonFireFox 1 year ago 3
the last line is fucking amazing!
gavalenc 1 year ago
Pretty sure this song is talking about Adam's defiance in the garden of Edin and how it brings God agony that now we have inherited death as a result.
jbfirstdown22 2 years ago
@imhereformusic @DraconicFeathers I agree with both of you, but I do think that this song does have a heavy Christian context.
I think the most obvious Christian reference in the lyrics is the line "All Eden's wealth arrayed before your eyes". I assume Dustin is referencing the story of the Garden of Eden in the book of Genesis. "Eden's wealth" is most likely referencing nature itself.
"The solemn bells", they could be the bells of a church ringing when the person in the song dies?
RockYourInnerSenses 2 years ago
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And maybe I'm looking into this a bit much but the opening line "Dear prodigal, you are my son"... In Jesus' parable of the Prodigal Son, the son of the title demands his inheritance while his father is still alive, then leaves and wastes it away. In order to survive, he takes up a job feeding pigs, which was a job looked down upon by society at the time. Returning home to his father, he was still greeted with open arms.
RockYourInnerSenses 2 years ago
(continued again)
The Earth will still greet us with open arms when we die even though we treat it so badly. According to the lyrics, the Earth is our mother and we are her children. When we die, we return to her and she keeps us safe from "prying spades" and human "wisdom". She will also teach us eternal sleep.
"Now safe beneath their wisdom and their feet
Here I will teach you truly how to sleep."
RockYourInnerSenses 2 years ago
@RockYourInnerSenses
Well, in the book of Genesis, it says that God took man out of the earth. The child of dust is saying that we are of this earth, and when we die, our bodies will return to it.
Tornib13 1 year ago
@Tornib13 also, in Catholicism during Ash Wednesday, the phrase the priest uses when he gives out the ashes is "To dust/ash shall you return."
32spider 1 year ago
@32spider Also, the band isn't christian.. It's singing about the 4 elements, the story of the elements as well. So basically this is singing about how you are born of the earth, people aren't too kind to it, but we all return back to it to stem new life. =]
ErgonomicChair 1 year ago
@ErgonomicChair
yeahh they are(:
Not regarding this song at all... But anyways... Dustin did an interview and was asked about their song "the great exchange" and he talked about his faith. Duhh(: haha i love these guys more than life. they really are genius.
Angelikuhhh 1 year ago
Ah wish I seen your post first, I would have just concurred. It makes sense since Dustin says that every seed must die before it grows.
jbfirstdown22 2 years ago
wow what a powerful meaning... This is much more 'emotional' than most emo bands in that in invokes deep and profound messages.
BurgerThumb 2 years ago 2
dustin said in an interview "if a christain painter paints a picture, is the picture religious?"
cyberkrupe 2 years ago
Aah, there goes my English again =) What I wanted to say is that on the album there are 4 songs that each represent an element. Not each song on the album, sorry for that.
WernerWonka 2 years ago
This song is about a child dying and belonging to the ground but not its spirit. There is a coffin open in the ground with a microphone in it and they're all singing around it, and toward the end, they close the coffin and start burying it with the microphone in it. You can still hear them singing but you can also hear the dirt piling on the coffin. It's really cool. You would have to listen to it to understand, so , listen to it!!!!
jtdanceluver14 2 years ago
I'm sorry, but you got it wrong.
The song's story is told from the perspective of the Earth. The Earth created the human and "only gives him love", but he "rebelled" and destroyed the beauty of nature. The Earth doesn't understand why, but still the humans return to the Earth when they die and are burried. It's supposed to tell us that we come from the Earth and we will all return to it, no matter how we treat nature.
Each song on the album represents one element (fire, water, air, earth).
WernerWonka 2 years ago
thats what i meant when i said the child dies and then belongs to the ground or earth! DUH!!
jtdanceluver14 2 years ago
But what crap about a coffin and a microphone, where did you get THAT from! =D Too funny
WernerWonka 2 years ago
because that's how they actually recorded it. They put a mic in a box, closed it, threw dirt on top of it, and low passed the song more and more each time dirt falls on the box with the mic in it. The effect is profound, I show people this song, and they can listen to it and zone out cuz most people cant pay attention anymore, but the end always gets people... it's real
kevmgit 2 years ago 3
i dont know why but at the last part i dont think of burying but of someone kickin cans around??? anyone get taht vibe??? haha amazing song though
MusicOfTheDead17 2 years ago
thrice is an amazing band.
that's a given.
shut up.
markjoness 2 years ago 2
its like a requiem for everyone's inner being
MrNoOne85 2 years ago
This song is supposed to be the musical embodiment of Earth, or so says Thrice themselves.
It's not religous, though it hints at it.
It's not mournful, though it hints at it.
It's just their idea of Mother Earth wanting her child to come back home.
Perhaps a bit sad, but I'd say the song more envelops the feeling of one who accepts their fate, faces armageddon, knowing that all things must pass.
jewboy15000000 2 years ago
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my personal opinion, i like old thrice way better.
mayorbumblebee 2 years ago
I know what you mean - they were more rock back then.
I like the new stuff though i don't know
joshuaspolar 2 years ago
agreed old thrice is where it is at, the new stuff is all quite similar
they are not even punk anymore
so sad use to be my fav band
Vheissu I only liked a few off there :(
did not really like the alchemy index
bigbootyfiend 2 years ago
wow another song inspired by the BIble
Luke 15 for the win
joshuaspolar 2 years ago
Just because he says "Prodigal" I wouldn't say its based on that story. Just imagery. Just like "every seed must die before it grows" is clearly a reference to John 12:24. But its clearly the earth, dirt, etc. talking. It's almost like the dirt that God used to create man in Genesis 2 personified and speaking to the dying. Pretty cool either way!
LeonardoDaJuicy 2 years ago
eh - yeah I misunderstood the lyrics
joshuaspolar 2 years ago
thats exactly what i got from the song.
imhereformusic 2 years ago
I hope someday I will be able to write music as soulful as Dustin and Thrice
chriscrosstifer2 2 years ago
i think they put a mic in a box and buried it in this song. they start lowering it underground at 1:45.
altron64 2 years ago 2
Thrice doesn't have that many fans, but the ones that they do have are loyal and understand their music, they deserve more though...
the4realeddie 2 years ago 71
yeah you're right i've been listening to only thrice for like the last month
Redeemedsinner17 2 years ago
agree i was looking for beggars at wal mart the other day and went up the electronics guy and asked if they had the latest thrice album and he looked at me and was like who? i was like son of a bitch...
eshbrobgm3 2 years ago 3
Yes, goosebumps I agree.
At first I didn't care much for this song, but now I realize it one of the best songs I have ever heard.
BurgerThumb 2 years ago 4
that's a strange reaction Thrice FTW
Pablothe 2 years ago
Goosebumps.
wutisthatabout 2 years ago 4
I love this song.
Does anyone think the first few lines sound a bit like 'Knights of Cydonia' by Muse? Like, as in the sound of the vocals.
North0house 2 years ago 21
I guess it does? Almost the same note pattern, but slowed down.
whokilledzekeiddon 2 years ago
@North0house Not really.
ErgonomicChair 1 year ago
@North0house Hummnn... I dunno... I think I hear it... but I probably wouldn't have noticed it if you didn't mention it. >.<
number1animechick 1 year ago
@number1animechick It's pretty faint, but I think it's the delivery of the lyrics, and the dual voice sound.
North0house 1 year ago
@North0house The harmony over the top is identical, even if it is in a lower octave. Good ear!
Lpdude27 1 year ago
@Lpdude27 Haha, thanks.
North0house 1 year ago
@North0house but Thrice are a FAR superior band ;)
caishreddychops 1 year ago 3
@caishreddychops No doubt about that haha. They're far better than Muse.
North0house 1 year ago
its about the prodigal son.
just like dustins song Please come home from his album Please come home
squatchmaster5000 2 years ago 4
Actually a depressing thought that humans have stripped this earth so brutally. An amazing, groundbreaking piece of music, but it's truly saddening to know that this music is a repercussion of our ignorance.
TwentyYearDenial 2 years ago 5
as dustin says. "of all our iniquities, ignorance may be the worst"
:)
noestabien 2 years ago
some of the best music ever written
CrossYourHeartxSL2 2 years ago
i dont understand the ending how it gets muffled
xxBoldxx 2 years ago
they idea of the song is death really. and burying a person. the way the song is portrayed, you have died and are being put to rest. But not to worry, because it describes the beauty of being one with earth. Hence the end of the earth album in the alchemy index.
SurviveTheLabyrinth 2 years ago 4
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ahhREALdylann 2 years ago
/facepalm
you seriously didnt get it lol? They are "burying" the listener. I think what they actually did was bury a mic in teppie's backyard.
OMFGallusernamesgone 2 years ago
ya their christian or at least dustin kensrue is.
this song is amazing. they have the ability that i just dream of having.
absolutely amazing. it makes you think differently.
Gellister 2 years ago 2
If I could sum this song up in one word... Redemption
Velontyyy 2 years ago 4
wonderfull song.
amazing <3
Milkamaus007 2 years ago
would sum1 please expalain this incredible song to me?
and why is there an extra minute where nothing is said?
nimasadr 2 years ago
as you can hear it sounds more and more fadding of its the sound of you being in the casket and their putting more and more dirt and you hear the dirt less and less i would on here you not even here the dirt but when i have my earphones and listening to it you could hear it, its a nice song sad though but a really good one hope that kinda helps you out... sorry if I'm wrong but its just my perspective on it
jorgesasuke 2 years ago
ohhhh! that makes sense!
thanks a bunch man
nimasadr 2 years ago
yeah sure anytime sorry i kinda misspelled there and bad grammer i was distracted
jorgesasuke 2 years ago
not a problem dude i barely noticed
nimasadr 2 years ago
Theres no such thing as being wrong man. It means whatever you want it to mean
farras08 2 years ago
I'm glad someone else gets it.
Tedman2punk 2 years ago
(everything you're going to read is just my opinion)
at the end they placed a microphone into a wooden box and shuffled dirt on it. and the reason why theres 'one-minute-nothing'... well... i'd say they wanted to create the dead-atmosphere when being buried.
shleich 2 years ago 2
ohhhhhhhh
shit that makes a hell of alot of sense man
thanks
nimasadr 2 years ago
Mother Earth gives birth to her children.
Her children commit sins.
Mother Earth forgives her children and they are burried. Everybody is eventually forgiven, and EVERYBODY returns to the earth.
Think of your grave as open arms for a giant never ending hug.
Velontyyy 2 years ago 3
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nimasadr 2 years ago
Lyrically, this song is amazing.
ChristopherDAmore 2 years ago
if every one did what thrice songs are about then they world would be in peace and harmony but hey all of thrice's lyrics come from or relate to the.. BIBLE people just wont listen... let it be by the beatles every word it the key to life and every one knows that song just no one takes it in to consideration
TeamCallisto 2 years ago
It's not from the bible dude shut the fuck up seriously , I hate how people can think about goodness and stand up for it and people fucking think it has to be about God.... It's simple music to inspire people to change their ways (Rethoric)
edenfire1221 2 years ago
I'm almost certain that Thrice is Christian...
McDiesel 2 years ago
Thrice's lyrics often have Christian themes but they're not a "Christian band". They have plenty of non-Christian related songs.
Guitman3131 2 years ago 2
@Guitman3131 Just cause music has a spiritual context it doesnt automatically mean it's "Christian".
Spirituality transcends one western church, let alone dogma itself.
DraconicFeathers 2 years ago
you are very right, but considering the fact that Dustin DID write it, it very well can possibly have a christian theme. Most, NOT ALL, but most of the lyrics he writes are christian themed. but it isn't a praise and worship type of song. hope that makes sense lol
imhereformusic 2 years ago
THIS IS ABOUT ISLAM!!!!
Just kidding, you guys are freaking stupid. This song is about Earth and how It gave us our bodies, but not our souls, and how it has no idea why/how we could allow ourselves to destroy It, our own planet.
I think it's very interesting that in all of these songs, none of the elements are angry with us in a vengeful sort of way. More that they are just baffled and upset with us. Sounds like Infinite Patience to me.
Oh, there I go, I made a God reference.
Messokori 2 years ago 4
Except for the last two lines, the water one sounds pretty angry and vengeful.
Guitman3131 2 years ago
we are all dust.
Adam was created from sand.
we come from the earth and God made us. There's a verse in the bible about how God knows that we are dust but i can't rmember it correctly right now
God can form us because we are dust. So child of God is a child of dust.
that might not be waht the song is about though
mononinja2 2 years ago
Any parent worth their mettle will agree that their child is entirely prodigal to them, you don't have to be religious to appreciate the humility in all humans being a "child of dust."
It's irritating that so many people are so quick to whack "THIS IS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY!" onto anything even remotely uplifting.
And to anyone who wants to oppose my comment, no one cares what you believe in, it's why you believe that matters.
violentrealignment 2 years ago
violentrealignment-It's irritating that so many people are so quick to whack "THIS IS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY!" onto anything even remotely uplifting.
Thrice is a Christian band.All their
songs are from a Christian perspective.
This is not an uplifting song. It is the Lord
speaking to the unrepentant.
1337girlisback 2 years ago
Thrice is not a Christian band. All of the members are Christian but that doesn't mean that is what their songs are about. They make references to things in Christianity but they also make references to other things such as the Greek myth of Icarus yet no one here is saying that, "Thrice is a Greek band."
TheLastLineRider 2 years ago
Are all of the members really Christian? Not that it matters, but I've heard that Dustin and Teppei are, Riley and Ed aren't.
tapirdrummer 2 years ago 2
@tapirdrummer I'm actually not sure if they all are. But even still, it shouldn't matter because their religion doesn't define their music
TheLastLineRider 1 year ago
Teppei and Dustin are, Riley and Ed aren't. But EVEN STILL...it doesn't matter. I listen to atheist bands, like Dredg and Karnivool. Don't say their religion doesn't define their music, because it does. Mainly Dustin's lyrics, which have a great deal of Biblical influence.
tapirdrummer 1 year ago
yes, all of their songs are christian, especially ones like daedalus, which is about a greek myth, and burn the fleet, a song that refers to the conquistadors burning their ships before conquering south and central america so that retreat would not be an option.
ChannelMan43 2 years ago
I am a christian, but to be honest, even if these guys believe in buddha i would still probably buy and listen to their music.
sometimesoonfan 2 years ago 3
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1337girlisback 2 years ago
it could mean god talking to his prodigal children...but i think it could also be a father or mother burring a dead child... were they lie in the earth no prying spade can get them the spade meaning harmful things of the world.... now return to the mother (earth) safe beneath their wisdom (humanities wisdom can lead to nuclear war etc) and their feet here ill teach you how to truly sleep.... (forever....)
SoraKer 2 years ago
wow at the end the when it gets muffled
it kind of sounds like dirt being shoveled
on top of a coffin..the way it might sound
from inside.
1337girlisback 2 years ago 2
thrices' songs really help me with my faith and to continue seeking gods truth.
squatchmaster5000 2 years ago
This song is...okay......nah not okay I LOVE IT!
nnnnkewkneen 3 years ago
They have already started putting together new ideas for thier next album....i wish i could meet them and just discuss thier music.
I grew up with Thrice, and I would not have become the person I am if it were not for these guys.
God Bless Them
cobes155 3 years ago
Am I the only one that is believing the interpretation is about God's response to Adam and Eve falling from grace and being stricken with mortality? The one line that stuck to make me believe this "For every seed must die before it grows" Making me think they are talking about every generation after Adam and Eve inheriting sin and mortality. :P Am I somewhere in the ball park?
jbfirstdown22 3 years ago
I could definately say you're in the ball park. Of course interpretation varries from person to person, but the lyrics clearly hint that it's God's response to Adam, and technically Eve also, though it only mentions one child, and at that, the child being a son of God.
Nevertheless, i'd say you're pretty dead on with your thoughts.
clatzXx 3 years ago
thanks it adds some clarity ; I got no clue at all about the meaning behind the fall down song. Is it talking about trees?
jbfirstdown22 3 years ago
I beleive you're talking about "The Earth Isn't Humming"
Yeah, i can't figure that one out either. Then again, it's not a song written by Thrice, "The Earth Isn't Humming" was innitially a song by a band by the name of Frodus if i remember correctly.
The meaning of the sond still eludes me nevertheless. I can't help ya with that one, lol
clatzXx 3 years ago
makes sense, the lyrics didnt seem like a thrice song. poetic but way too riddled.
jbfirstdown22 3 years ago
so what do you think the lion and the wolf ment?
jorgesasuke 3 years ago
That one was too hard for me so I had to look at what other people got out of it. The best assessment I came across was the wolf represented lust and the lion represented sin. So my assumption is that the song was about the losing struggle of temptation.
But again, thats only an assumption. :P
jbfirstdown22 3 years ago
good call, me too
jjw91105 2 years ago
eh? probably. I personally think that this whole album is about the book of revelation, possibly.
JaffarDS 3 years ago
Moving mountains is straight out of 1 chrothians or however u spell it haha
shawnmike7 2 years ago
I know that. 1 Corinthians 13.
I meant the whole overarching message of all for elements.
JaffarDS 2 years ago
This made me feel dead.
Mewpwnz 3 years ago
what the...?!
Emy1708 3 years ago
SONG LYRICS ARE...
Dear prodigal, you are my son and I
Supplied you not your spirit, but your shape.
All Eden's weath arrayed before your eyes;
I fathomed not you wanted to escape.
shewantsrevenger22 3 years ago 3
And though I only ever gave you love,
like every child youve chosen to rebel;
uprooted flowers and filled the holes with blood;
ask for not whom they toll the solemn bells.
A child of dust to mother now return;
for every seed must die before it grows.
and though above the world may toil and turn,
no prying spade will find you here below.
Now safe beneath their wisdom and their feet,
Here i will teach you truly how to sleep.
shewantsrevenger22 3 years ago 3
this is one of the most moving emotional songs ive ever heard in my life!!
crimsoneternity 3 years ago 3
I second that! It almost brought tears to my eyes lol
nightfallpheonix 3 years ago 2
i grew up with thrice. i wouldnt be the same person i am today without them.
i fucking love this band with all my heart.
and this song is so fucking astounding.
ingridcanales 3 years ago 5
This song really really...eh hits you it has that in retrospect looking back vibe to it. Like seeing your life pass before your eyes. A lot like dust in the wind by kansas as far as the feeling i get from it only child of dust is a bit more positive.
Jcutully 3 years ago
Luke, i am your father.
omahh1 3 years ago 2
omg spoilers
Bamshu 3 years ago 3
this song is AMAZING
like its just crazy
It is about how man was made of earth... and man being kicked from Eden.. and Therefore not immortal and how we can die... at the end of the song the mic is burried and it sounds as if the person is being burried. which i found to be really creative on their part.
chelseaortego08 3 years ago 9
The 6th and final song of each disc is written from the perspective from the elements themselves. That's the genius behind it.
skykid 3 years ago 9
its so cool how the sound gets muffled like they were getting buried in the earth
nai400 3 years ago 3
this song has so much meaning. It is so deep and through. I understand the message they are trying to get across. This song should be in LOTS of movies...
odarkest1 3 years ago 2
Yes I dare you to find 2 mor eemotion filled moments in music. This song also destroys me every time i hear it no matter how many times I hear it. And the fact that they buried a mic and had dustin sing to it at the end so to simulate being buried is just not fair.
Venona6 3 years ago 3
Its like god talking too the prodigal sun...
this is deep...and did he start to get baried in the earth? wow i love thrice
unknownartist91 3 years ago 5
this is so beautiful.
tubularrgal 3 years ago 9
thrice needs to get a grammy for the alchemy index.
sometimesoonfan 3 years ago 18
do not need
they WILL!
or19937 3 years ago
this has to be the single most emotional song ive ever heard, it almost brings me to tears every time I hear it :'(
Charredmonolith 3 years ago 6
earth is brilliant I was anticipating it to be the worst but it turned out to be my favorite
kickliquid 3 years ago 4
best song to close an awesome collection. this is my favorite sonnet of the four.
neverslept 3 years ago 4