Well...it has been quite some time since my last post. I am really busy with coursework this summer in preparation for the arrival of our baby girl in September. So...I thought I would post the lyrics to a song by my favorite band, Hootie the Blowfish.
The song is entitled The Killing Stone. I would be interested to hear some interpretations of the lyrics. I find them interesting...and puzzling...especially since I am entering the pastoral ministry in a short time.
The song is entitled The Killing Stone. I would be interested to hear some interpretations of the lyrics. I find them interesting...and puzzling...especially since I am entering the pastoral ministry in a short time.
The Killing Stone
by: Hootie the Blowfish
by: Hootie the Blowfish
I heard a preacher man speaking on the radio
Remember thinking that I’d like to tell him where to go
Go back to that book that you’ve been waving around
Open it up, and go to that part about
You without sin, pick up that stone
You without sin, pick up that stone
He’s turning it over, to the other side
He’s turning it over now, ‘cause now you can’t hide
All that lies beneath, all the lies beneath
The killing stone, oh
Saw another fella talking on the TV show
Trying to tell me how to live and just how I should vote
He says he believes in the sanctity of life
100,000 died
Tell me are you sanctified
Now you without sin, pick up that stone
You without sin, pick up that stone
He’s turning it over, to the other side
He’s turning it over now, ‘cause you can’t hide
All that lies beneath, all the lies beneath
The killing stone, oooohhhh
We’re all looking for redemption
But is it for our souls
You without sin, pick up that stone
You without sin, pick up that stone
You without sin, pick up that stone
You without sin, pick up that stone
He’s turning it over, to the other side
He’s turning it over, turning it over now ‘cause you can’t hide
All that lies beneath, all the lies beneath
You can’t hide beneath
The killing stone, oh, oh, oh
Killing stone
Oh no, you’re down on
(The killing stone)
Stone, stone, oh
(The killing stone)
Stone
Remember thinking that I’d like to tell him where to go
Go back to that book that you’ve been waving around
Open it up, and go to that part about
You without sin, pick up that stone
You without sin, pick up that stone
He’s turning it over, to the other side
He’s turning it over now, ‘cause now you can’t hide
All that lies beneath, all the lies beneath
The killing stone, oh
Saw another fella talking on the TV show
Trying to tell me how to live and just how I should vote
He says he believes in the sanctity of life
100,000 died
Tell me are you sanctified
Now you without sin, pick up that stone
You without sin, pick up that stone
He’s turning it over, to the other side
He’s turning it over now, ‘cause you can’t hide
All that lies beneath, all the lies beneath
The killing stone, oooohhhh
We’re all looking for redemption
But is it for our souls
You without sin, pick up that stone
You without sin, pick up that stone
You without sin, pick up that stone
You without sin, pick up that stone
He’s turning it over, to the other side
He’s turning it over, turning it over now ‘cause you can’t hide
All that lies beneath, all the lies beneath
You can’t hide beneath
The killing stone, oh, oh, oh
Killing stone
Oh no, you’re down on
(The killing stone)
Stone, stone, oh
(The killing stone)
Stone
Any thoughts?
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1 comment:
Ooh, fun blog, Tony! I love blogs including art :). And I love to see things from this perspective--seemingly outside Christendom, but maybe not...As in, who is the person speaking? It seems like he/she is displeased with Christians. The tone is angry and frustrated, but of course there's more. The singer wants someone to really be like Jesus, to really say, 'you without sin, pick up the first stone.' He's implying that the preacher and the guy on tv both are not without sin. He doesn't have much good to say about them, but I bet he'd like the real Jesus. That's a commentary in itself--as in, how are we Christians being Jesus for people.
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