Weary Saints
Embracing Redemption: Illuminating the Journey of Weary Saints
Lyrics
For years we fought the night
Symbolizes enduring struggles and challenges faced over an extended period.
With pale and ghostly flames
Implies confronting difficulties with a feeble and ethereal source of inspiration.
Some still dream of light
Suggests lingering hopes for better times despite the prevailing darkness.
So the sun will rise again
Expresses optimism that a new day will dawn, bringing renewal and opportunities.
We'll cure our need for wrongs
Addresses the inclination to seek redemption by correcting past mistakes.
In cool and measured crime
Describes a deliberate and controlled approach to committing wrongs, hinting at self-discipline.
We'll learn to drift in palm
Suggests learning to detach emotionally, both from the heart and the mind.
From our hearts and from our minds
Emphasizes the need for emotional and mental detachment from negative influences.
Let us not be faithless
Encourages faithfulness and commitment, urging against disbelief or betrayal.
You will meet our needs
Promises that needs will be met, possibly through divine or providential intervention.
A good and gracious wordless
Refers to a wordless, yet benevolent, force guiding and enlightening the path.
Will lamp unto our feet
Highlights the idea that a gracious force will provide direction in life.
For years we've closed our eyes
Indicates a prolonged period of willful ignorance or avoidance of reality.
While rust on reason grows
Describes the corrosion of logic and rationality while ignoring evident truths.
Feed and clothe our lies
Describes the sustenance and protection of falsehoods within ourselves.
In our hearts we know, yeah, we know
Acknowledges an internal awareness of deception, a recognition of personal falsehoods.
Wisdom lends us all
Attributes wisdom to maintaining composure and stability in difficult circumstances.
Cool and steady hand
Downplays the significance of external symbols, like a weapon, in defining one's manhood.
Steel pressed to my palm
Suggests that possessing a weapon doesn't inherently enhance one's masculinity.
Doesn't make me more a man
Questions the notion that physical strength alone defines a person's worth.
So courage for the givers
Encourages bravery for those who give, emphasizing the necessity of fulfilling duties.
Do what must be done
Advocates for dealing with truth and justice swiftly and without hesitation.
To deal out truth and justice
Stresses the importance of delivering justice with a clear and rational mind.
With swift and sober guns
Suggests using sober judgment when administering justice, avoiding emotional impulses.
For years you met our thirst
Acknowledges the fulfillment of basic needs over an extended period.
Still deserts we have roamed
Despite meeting basic needs, there's a sense of unfulfillment and aimless wandering.
We'll be done with dust and dirt
Expresses the desire to leave behind mundane and dirty aspects of life for something greater.
When the ocean calls us home
Anticipates a profound transformation when answering a higher calling or purpose.
And fall into the arms
Describes a longing for a comforting and affectionate embrace.
Of a cool and sweet embrace
Envisions a serene and pleasant experience under the night sky and waving palm trees.
And under stars and waving palms
Symbolizes the shedding of sins or burdens, akin to snakes shedding their skin.
Shed our sin like snakes
Highlights the transformative power of embracing a new beginning and leaving behind past mistakes.
But time will cease to stalk us
Asserts that time won't haunt or burden individuals anymore.
Death will be undone
Expresses a belief in the reversal of death, suggesting a form of spiritual resurrection.
We'll shine with the light of
Envisions a state of radiance, likened to the brilliance of a thousand suns.
A thousand blazing suns
Anticipates a future where individuals shine with an extraordinary and powerful light.
Time will cease to stalk us
Reiterates the idea that time won't be a source of fear or anxiety.
Death will be undone
Reaffirms the belief in overcoming death and experiencing a form of spiritual renewal.
We'll shine with the light of
Restates the vision of individuals radiating with an intense and transformative light.
A thousand blazing suns
Echoes the anticipation of a future where brilliance and vitality are unparalleled.
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