Song Meanings

understandablehorror · Post by **understandablehorror** » 5/27/2003, 11:24 pm

I'm really sorry if this make me sound like a dumbass but can somebody tell me the meanings of julia and stealing babies

i think julia is about a guy who has to give up his child for a night

i think that stealing babies is somebody talking to god

Joey · Post by **Joey** » 5/27/2003, 11:28 pm

Stealing Babies was written about a little girl that died of aids .. I think .. I know Chantal wrote a song about the same girl .. her song is called Eve.

Yeah I found this on it:

"Raine was watching a show on TV called "All About Eve". It was about a six year old girl who, on her ninth blood transfusion, contracted AIDS. Eve spent her next three years travelling around the world to speak to and comfort other children who also had AIDS."

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 5/28/2003, 10:59 am

hey dan

i think the way the song is written about how raine is confused and upset that god took someone so young. he is talking about how brave this little girl is and how she had so much to live for, and even though he would be terrified going through what she has, she is calm and ready.

so its god thats 'stealing babies'

just my opinion

clumsychild_ · Post by **clumsychild_** » 5/29/2003, 8:00 pm

wow...very interesting concept :nod:

...excellent song too!

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 5/29/2003, 8:19 pm

thirdhour wrote:hey dan

i think the way the song is written about how raine is confused and upset that god took someone so young. he is talking about how brave this little girl is and how she had so much to live for, and even though he would be terrified going through what she has, she is calm and ready.

so its god thats 'stealing babies'

just my opinion

thats a really good interpretation Yannic. I cant say i'm too please with it if thats what the lyrics are about (cause I'm Christian). Hopefully i can get around it cause thats possibly my second favourite song ever, but good thinking!

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Joe Cooler · Post by **Joe Cooler** » 5/29/2003, 8:47 pm

Even Christians get mad at God though. I should know... i'm one too. :nod:

Fabio_kun · Post by **Fabio_kun** » 6/1/2003, 2:57 pm

Check my site... I have some song interps/meanings there...
www.olponline.cjb.net

Cheers.

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 6/1/2003, 4:02 pm

I always felt SB was from the parents point of view. How the Mom was questioning how GOD could take her baby at such a young age etc and how the family loses faith in GOD because of it.I know the what inspired the song, but what it actually means is up to anyone's interperataion. You guys know Raine. He rarely talks about what his lyrics mean leaving it open for the listeners own interpataion of the songs.

I'm teething on answers you're saving
How you gonna make me sleep again
Well I'm dreaming your stealing babies
When you gonna make me understand, why
How should I say "I'm so sorry"
How should I pray to know that we're alive

Here I think the parent is questioning ho wGOD can make them understand why Their child is sick and dying. They feel numb and dead becuase of it.

You're leaving pieces of family
How you gonna help them understand
Oh I'm screaming you're stealing babies
Why you want to knock us down again why

How should I say "I'm so sorry"
How should we pray to make us feel alive...

once again question how you can let a family be torn apart by all of this. how in all your wisdon can you helpo them understand why this is happening to them.

It must be our egos
It must be my lack
Of faith that it might not come back

losing faith over what has happen to their child. If any of you ever lost a parent, child, brother or sister etc. You always question GOD as to why it happened-especially if it is a terminal illness. YOu also do losea bit of faith there.

Eve stands alone
By the knock on the door
By the thin in her bones
She's courageous and loving
Exhausted and cold
She's not ready to go
So the ghost on the phone
Helps her safely into her dream

even thought she is sick she goes on with her life till her body can no longer go on. Finally she has peace and is no longer in pain

that is my interp anyway. Everyone has different interps to the songs.

Furious George · Post by **Furious George** » 6/1/2003, 4:21 pm

On a related note, Raine's explanation of "Lying Awake" is awesome. After hearing him explain it, the song became that much more meaningful.

btw, Fabio_kun, your website is grade-A! Awesome design!

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 6/1/2003, 4:45 pm

What's his explaination of Lying Awake?

Joey · Post by **Joey** » 6/1/2003, 4:50 pm

Isn't that the one about that religous guy .. I can't remember his name :freak:

I have the song where he talks about him (benny something?) before the song.

Fabio_kun · Post by **Fabio_kun** » 6/1/2003, 4:52 pm

Furious George wrote:On a related note, Raine's explanation of "Lying Awake" is awesome. After hearing him explain it, the song became that much more meaningful.

btw, Fabio_kun, your website is grade-A! Awesome design!

Thanks

It used to be quite famous among OLP fans back when Spiritual Machines was released. I stopped working on it... but I still leave all it's content online

Cheers.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » 6/1/2003, 4:57 pm

Yeah I just listened to the song .. Lying Awake is about Benny Hinn .. Raine calls him a greedy thief that tries to con people through religion, and it's apparently about the day he's about to die, and looking through his eyes .. if he really believes all the crap he told everyone else.

Fabio_kun · Post by **Fabio_kun** » 6/1/2003, 5:20 pm

Happiness... is just amazing

Cheers.

nelison · Post by **nelison** » 6/1/2003, 5:23 pm

ya Happiness had the most in depth lyrics. It was great. I mean with SM everything was about the same topic so it was pretty easy to interpret

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 6/1/2003, 5:56 pm

tee hee fabio, at one point in your little banner thing in your sig it looks like a dog :lol:

anyway, on the christian thing....when someone you love dies or becomes very ill, you tend to misplace your greif with anger and lash out at anyone that tries to come close to you. you cant believe what has happened and are looking for answers. if you can't find them, it becomes easier just to blame someone you are close to. you know how 'god works in mysterious ways'? well, sometimes its hard to see what good can come from the pain. if you are really upset with something, you tend to be angry with what seems to have caused the pain, even if that means hurting someone you love. you dont mean to, it is just a natural reaction. you still love them just as much. thus is the relationship with god.

i dont know exactly, because im not christian, but im trying to relate it to my life.

EDIT: still, nobody has answered dan's question about julia.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 6/1/2003, 6:08 pm

I always took Julia to be about a girl who is stuck in a life of prostitution.

"She's only yours tonight"

She wants to get out of it, but she can't, so she just bears through it. She doesn't want to go to help from her mother. Perhaps her mother has disowned her daughter. So:

"Oh, she never cries
'Mother'"

But, of course, we know there's hurt inside this Julia.

"Can you see her standing there?
Well, she's trying to find just anywhere"
She's trying to find somewhere to go, someone to go to, but can't find anyone.

"Drowning in her own visions,
Well she's begging the past to stay behind"
She's trying to put her past behind her, but she can't.

"There's a black cat in the night
There's a black cat in that sky"
The black cat could represent just about anything. Maybe the "Joe", her only source for money and, therefore, the only way she knows to earn a living and stay alive.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 6/1/2003, 6:09 pm

She doesn't have to be in a life of prostitution, though. That's just the only way I can see the line "she's only yours tonight".

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 6/1/2003, 6:15 pm

bah! see, i thought it was about someone being sexually abused or raped, so im on the same wave-length as you. im surprised, i thought id be the only one who thought that.

Fabio_kun · Post by **Fabio_kun** » 6/1/2003, 6:38 pm

Dog?

Sorry... end of spam.

Cheers.