A Christian's Heartfelt Review: Architects "Hereafter" // Lyrical Analysis
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- Опубліковано 30 кві 2024
- Architects is a UK metal band that knows how to be both techy and feely. And yelly. And softy.
This one was a bit of a challenge. I'm glad to have it off my plate for now. More of my struggles: www.youtube.com/@MetalSharpen...
0:00 - 1:40 Foreword, intro
1:40 - 5:56 Music video
5:56 - 9:57 Background for the band, music, and lyrics
9:57 - 12:27 Walking through the lyrics
12:27 - 15:45 Considering death from the Christian perspective
15:45 - 17:00 My prayer, outro
Original video: • Architects - "Hereafter"
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Lyrics:
[Intro]
Now the oceans have drained out
Can I come up for air
Cause I've been learning to live without
And I'm fighting with broken bones
[Verse 1]
I wasn't ready for the rapture
We're only passing through
But these words, they mean nothing to me
I know that time will mend this fracture
I've been lost in a maze
And every route I take leads right back to you
[Chorus]
Now the oceans have drained out
Can I come up for air?
Cause I've been learning to live without
And I'm fighting with broken bones
Now the skies have been blacked out
I've gotta find my way
Cause it’s been raining but there's a drought
And I'm fighting with broken bones
[Verse 2]
I've been searching through the wreckage
But it's like standing in the eye of a storm
When will I finally get the message?
Some things are broken beyond repair
This is my cross to bear
My own meaningless catastrophe
I never had the time to prepare
Because I never knew that all my nightmares could come true
[Chorus]
Now the oceans have drained out
Can I come up for air?
Cause I've been learning to live without
And I'm fighting with broken bones
Now the skies have been blacked out
I've gotta find my way
Cause it’s been raining but there's a drought
And I'm fighting with broken bones
[Bridge]
I've spent my fair share
In the deepest depths of despair
'Cause I was too lost down there to care
I wasn't braced for the fallout
I wasn't braced for the fallout
I've been searching through the wreckage
But it's like standing in the eye of a storm
When will I finally get the message?
Some things are broken beyond repair
[Chorus]
Now the oceans have drained out
Can I come up for air?
Cause I've been learning to live without
And I'm fighting with broken bones
Now the skies have been blacked out
I've gotta find my way
Cause it’s been raining but there's a drought
And I'm fighting with broken bones
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I really appreciate your willingness to talk about these things so openly! You’re addressing the suffering in this song in an appropriate, loving way, and I hope that it’s received well by those who hear it.
Really appreciate that!
React to “Devilcry” by Crystal Lake, Japanese metalcore band 🤘🏼
Your wish is (half) my command. I just wrapped up a video for their song Apollo.
Devilcry is a sick song, but I've never looked at the lyrics super closely. I may have to tackle that one in the future too. Thanks for watching!
I lost my best friend to cancer around the time this song was released. I'm also not a theist and so a lot of the songs Architects wrote around this time and a little before resonated with me and still do.
I'm curious about something you said, that the reason we value life is that somewhere inside of us we recognise that there's a creator. I don't understand how those two things are linked at all. I valued my friend's life because of its rarity and the joy he brought me but at no point did the fact that perhaps he was created by anything other than miraculous chance enter my mind to justify it. It didn't matter where he came from, or why he was here. The fact that he was was more than enough. It feels like a very large leap to imply that even though I don't believe in divine creation that somehow that's the conclusion I'd come to. The fact that we die is what makes life special in my eyes, not God.
Thanks for checking out the video, but I'm sorry to hear about your friend. That's tragic.
To your question - the connection I was making was that we have objective value because we are made in the image of God. I don't mean that every person secretly thanks Him for being our Creator, but it's more of a question of foundations. People have meaning in a world where we were created for a specific purpose by a specific God, but in a materialistic universe, nothing has a foundation for mattering at all. Sure, you may have loved him and enjoyed your time, but once you and everyone who knew your friend die, his memory would be forgotten and it would be like he never existed. Even if you think of the butterfly effect of his life, once humanity dies out his existence would be meaningless. He could have existed or not and reality wouldn't ultimately be different. Not so in Christianity, where God specially makes us all with value and dignity.
Even if you don't agree, hopefully my position makes more sense.
@@MetalSharpensMetal I appreciate your condolences, and your reply.
I understand how having a belief that human life is fundamentally valuable gives a particular perspective as opposed to what I believe, say. But it doesn't logically follow that the outcome of my existence or lack thereof will be any different than yours once our names and deeds are lost to time. We will both be forgotten by the living.
I don't say this to try and poke fun or be disrespectful. I'm broadly agnostic to the idea of religiosity, and we'll all find out whether we were correct in our beliefs in the end. I just like to try and understand how people came to their beliefs and why they think they're on the right path, especially when it often requires such large leaps of faith. Something that, as a skeptic, is virtually anathema to me.
@@Fez135 I sense no disrespect, and I appreciate the conversation! I agree my name will be lost to human minds here on earth after enough time goes by. So the value I'm describing comes from something outside of humanity, and that's the God of the bible. (I'm not trying to prove Him by saying we have value, just that it's an outflow of my worldview)
The bible does say that everyone knows God exists, but that we all suppress that knowledge in favor of our sin. When God breaks in and changes hearts, that's when we can really start to live in the way we were made to live. So I don't think I cleverly found the right path by accident - it was the grace of God.
I just hope you think on these things and consider that we all have faith to believe anything in this life. I don't have more or less than you; we're just placing it in different things.
@@MetalSharpensMetal I think you're selling yourself short. I'd put money on you having far more faith than I do, which I find myself envying more and more as I age. I was raised somewhat Christian (church of England so it's slightly different to the way the Yanks tend to do it 😉) but fell out of touch with it as it couldn't satisfactorily answer questions I needed answering, I imagine that's the case for most non-religous types.
I wish I was able to just put my faith in things I can't know for certain, it seems like a more pleasant existence on the whole if I'm being honest. But I'm afraid I'm a little too far down the path of objective truths to want to turn back now. However much the idea of a perfect creator giving me a valuable life with the promise of eternal bliss in the hereafter sounds wonderful.
@@Fez135 haha Yanks.
It seems like you've had a lot of questions and maybe feel like Christians either haven't thought about them or haven't wrestled with them honestly. There are probably many people like that, but I think anyone who dives into the deeper things of the world will realize there is so much we don't know, and that anything we do claim to know requires a foundation of faith in something (other people's words, the consistency of nature, our understanding of our own senses). My knowledge claims have faith in a self-revealing God who gave us the answers because He actually knows the answers and created things this way.
You mentioned objective truth, which is funny. Usually it's the Christian who brings that up first haha. The reason being, we can't have anything objective without an objective truth giver. Non Christians can recognize these things, sure, but we as a species can't build our way to objectivity truth, logic, and morality. I'm guessing you may have heard some of this before, but probably not from the Church of England?