Anberlin Fin WITH Meaning!

Anberlin's Fin off of album cities, also out, blueprints for the black market, never take friendship personal, cities, lost songs
THE MEANING TO THE SONG:
After months of searching I have found the entire meaning of the song.
Here it is:
The whole song is 4 seperate stories, personal experiences of Stephan Christian (lead singer) the first verse is about, as early as 8yrs old, he want nothing to do with God or Satan- (notice lyrics in the verse- "remember the house of ridge road, told you and the devil to just leave me alone"

In the 2nd verse, is a recoletion, from his teen years, when his church was sure, that they were promised a miricale from God, but nothing happened, and that hindered his faith- but i cannot find any lyrics with relevence. but the 3rd, is also in the second verse. it is about a mentor, who used the "guise" of "mission's work" to leave his family in shambles, and from my knowledge, that means, he used the excuse or disguise of mission work to leave his family. notice- the line "wish your drinking would hurry and kill you" thats probably refering to his feelings against that mentor.

The most impacting and last small story is in the final verse,

The last verse is full of questions to the listener, who is billy? who is timothy. i have found the answer.
billy is a traveling 'healer' that crippled stephans journey. That's all that was said about that, so, i connected the dots, timothy was representing stehpan- billy promise healing on stephan, or most likely somone close to him, and he was a fake. stephan says, this and many others have messed with his "salvation" and he wrestled with God for a long time,

and the last 2 minutes of talking/singing and confusing lyrics that no one is sure of, is all about the conclusion of his wrestle.
this is where the majority of the story come into play.
im pretty sure i have these lyrics in the video wrong - I KNOW

Take what you will, what you will
and leave could you kill could you kill me
if the world was on fire and nothing was left exept hope or desire
and take all that i could require is this love?
or am i on the floor over desperate?
hold hands streaming of blood again?
and then take full weight of me
guard me dreams figure this out its me on my own helpless hurting hell
will you stay stong as you promised?
cause im stranded and bare
meaness is washed up and all that i have is God take this and all. (this is where notes come in)
these lines-
then grace takes me to a place of the father you never had ripping and breaking and tearing apart- this line has so much. i think these lines refer to the final part of his wrestle with God, and thats what happened, God ripped, broke his strongholds down, this situation is "hell"- the hell that he says in his last line, "this is not heaven this is my hell" the process was hell, but after, he felt much better, and stephan says in the end "God Won"
so ther you have it.
by the way, the epic ending to their newest album, new surrender, i have stuff about "ex malo bonum" too (last song)

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• anberlin
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• stephan
• christian
• rock
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• cities
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• disapear
• new
• surrender

[spaztron5000]

Just curious, what are your sources for this info? Anything concrete that you could post a link to?

[zinnyzxx]

@spaztron5000 yeah, there is an interview somewhere online that was a serious pain to find. i havent been able to find it for a long time

[MoreThanMyOwnLife17]

Wow. That's all I've got. just Wow. Thank you. This was A LOT of work for you - to share with countless people you don't know. It's appreciated.

[zinnyzxx]

@MoreThanMyOwnLife17 I appreciate it, it was very hard to find the information. Glad people like it.

[zinnyzxx]

If you are going to comment on any of my videos telling how to illegally download these songs, I will just remove them.

BUY THE FREAKING CD.

[TroetelElf]

the first time I heard this song I was doing the dishes. My little brother wanted me to hear it so I listened. When the choir started singing, I started crying... Actually broke the plate I was washing, so thanks guys... ;)

A really amazing song..

[OfManyLove]

I laughed so damn hard at the background pick of 'Lost' xD

[hannac1998]

umm i know this band personaly i am related to joey the drummer/guitarist and this is about his sister who has died of cancer and he thought he wasnt there for her it is rlly said and its not about stephena t all and good new im may be performing with them!!! and i may sing tis soong!!!!!!

[ImRadicuhL]

<3

[aontaistealai]

Stephen's voice is especially lovely in this song.

[g00607978]

Is God. damn mess and all,

This, takes me to a place

Of the father you never had

Ripping and breaking and tearing apart

This is not heaven

This is my hell.

[g00607978]

take what you will, what you will, and leave, could you kill, could you kill me, if the world was on fire and nothing was left but hope or desire, and take all that i could recall, is this hell, or am i on the floor over desperate hold hands screaming oh god "i can't" and then take full weight of me, guard my dream, figure this out, its me on my own, helpless hurting hell, will you stay strong as you promised, because im stranded and bare, meekness is washed up in all that i have

[VelaStorm7]

@SloppieJoeGuitar lol XD

[SloppieJoeGuitar]

OMG patron saint?? i thought it was hold your-self