Marker In The Sand: Love, Hate, Indifferent?

DriftingByTheStorm wrote:

javis el errante wrote:

I like it, a lot, don't love it, maybe a little, not that crazy about it to say I love it, I like the way ed's sings the choruses, the riffs, and it's on my second fav album, but if you ask me, I don't know what it is about, never knew, and at this very moment, I don't remember the lyrics either, if I ever knew them...

What goes on? Walking tightrope high... or was it ride?

well, i can tell you this much:
i got VERY much "tightrope high" on that tour.
It was a ongoing joke between my tour buddy and myself ... "dude, we are TIGHTROPE HIGH".

But to answer your question, the song is about the epic failure of religion, and the toxic tension that exists between the modern evangelism and those who don't want the moral condescension shoved down their throat.

"out expanding in faith but not in love" is like "you are shoving this message out there as a believer, but you have missed the point." ... you can't combine "do you believe in Jesus" with "okay, you're going to hell". That is just ... well .. unchristian.

The whole thing is a jab at how deformed and perverted so much of what goes by the name religion is.
"tight rope high OVER MORAL GROUND" i think is getting at how precarious and unnatural the position being taken by religious types can be. Not even on a "high horse". they are fucking "tight rope high".

The song is asking them to come down, to unite and to heal humanity through to love and understanding, not condescension and hate.

imho. of course.