I cast a line when I saw you were drowning
Still you turn your back on me
Pulled you from the fire when you were burning
Still you never could believe
So carry on if you must go your way
Though it breaks my heart
Your free will still remains
I save you from your fall when you were slipping
Still you broke from me to run
So how can you justify the life you're living [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/a/alter_bridge/still_remains.html ]
You must carry on if you must go your way
Though it breaks my heart
Your free will still remains
You'll deny it all
You'll deny me once again
But I've seen it all
I know you've come to crawl
Back to me before the end
Carry on if you must go your way
Though it breaks my heart
Your free will still remains
So carry on if you must go your way
Though it breaks my heart
Your free will still remains
Still remains
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by Unregistered on Nov 11th 2011 5:55 pm
Mi hermano lionel me ha dado muchas veces la espalda en mis momentos difíciles. En cambio yo he colaborado en su educación y gama de valores. Pero no sirve de nada. Mi madre le controla, le hace padecer realizando acciones perversas, sucias y denigrantes. Se tocan... Contra el que en su momento hizo de su padre, su hermano, yo. Siempre le he perdonado, pero hasta dios tiene una paciencia limitada. Libre albedrío. Traición. Dolor.
Straight up old testament prophet stuff. This is god speaking to someone explaining all the ways that he has saved this guy, and saying that even though it breaks his heart he's going to let this man go his own way. Later in the song god says that he knows that this guy will come to him when he's in trouble but will turn away when things get better.
This song could be interpreted a number of ways, but i'm 99% sure this is the correct interpretation. I read part of an interview with mark tremonti where he explained that this album is a bit of a concept album based on myles kennedy's struggles with faith. I love the honesty and transparency of the songs on this album!
This can definitely be an example of what god may say to a prodgal, one who has known christ and turned away, backslidden. But one can come back, just turn back, he's not far away, he'll welcome you back home.
To me, this song sounds like (what i can relate to) that he wants someone, but they dont feel the same - or they dont see it and are going their own way - knowing or not.