Changes

The song "Hole Hearted" on the second album, '''Pornograffitti''' might well be just a love song, but if you read the lyrics carefully, they more directly relate to the only love that can truly fill the cold soul. ''There's a hole in my heart that can only be filled by You.'' (also, in the official lyrics, the "You" is capped, which to me is a bit of a dead giveaway.)

The song "Hole Hearted" on the second album, '''Pornograffitti''' might well be just a love song, but if you read the lyrics carefully, they more directly relate to the only love that can truly fill the cold soul. ''There's a hole in my heart that can only be filled by You.'' (also, in the official lyrics, the "You" is capped, which to me is a bit of a dead giveaway.)

The third album is a more mature relationship with Christ and God (suggesting the self-doubt, the questioning many of us have from time to time).  ''Seven Sundays'' asks the question "can I have a week of Sundays, since that's the day that I spend with You".  Again, could be a simple love song, but in context of the album and the authors, and that telling capped "You", I read it to be a love of God or Jesus.  The song '''Please tell me God isn't dead''' is exactly what it sounds like.  A plea in the face of a lost world.  Where is He when I need Him?  The final three songs on teh album, "The Truth" talk about self-doubt, leaving the flock, and finally, in the third song of the trilogy, the last song of the album, the return to the Kingdom.  Its a masterfully crafted statement that none of us are perfect, and that we can even leave to come home to God's love.   

The third album is a more mature relationship with Christ and God (suggesting the self-doubt, the questioning many of us have from time to time).  ''Seven Sundays'' asks the question "can I have a week of Sundays, since that's the day that I spend with You".  Again, could be a simple love song, but in context of the album and the authors, and that telling capped "You", I read it to be a love of God or Jesus.  The song '''Please tell me God isn't dead''' is exactly what it sounds like.  A plea in the face of a lost world.  Where is He when I need Him?  The final three songs on the album, "The Truth" talk about self-doubt, leaving the flock, and finally, in the third song of the trilogy, the last song of the album, the return to the Kingdom.  Its a masterfully crafted statement that none of us are perfect, and that we can even leave to come home to God's love.   

The fourth and final album is far more cynical of the world in general.  ''Evilangelist'' blasts televangelists and others who use God to sell for profit or for political position or for agenda.  No government, political point of view, or nation owns God, and those who use God and His message in this way are hypocrites. Another song, "There is no God" is devoted to satirizing those who choose not to accept God and His message.

The fourth and final album is far more cynical of the world in general.  ''Evilangelist'' blasts televangelists and others who use God to sell for profit or for political position or for agenda.  No government, political point of view, or nation owns God, and those who use God and His message in this way are hypocrites. Another song, "There is no God" is devoted to satirizing those who choose not to accept God and His message.