Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier lyrics

an interesting way i would interpret this song is that each fallen soldier is one's self after each of their sins and failures

The song has nothing to do with his Christianity, says Tim of As I Lay Dying. All Christians in the band, but they don't try to write about God. Sure, you can take a song and it will seem like they're talking about God, and then if you listen to it again and think of it differently it can be something completely different, like a relationship or inner battle. Tims the one who said all the band members are Christian, but that they don't speak about God in their songs. We just interpret it however we feel it could/should mean.

Yes, this song is about his Christian walk.

As you can see by every song the band has made, it all reflects on christianity..

wanted to bring you all that is in my heart
I wanted to give you my everything
But I've failed you
I've failed you so many times
How can I stand here
How can I stand here before you (I want to give myself, devote my life to you, But I've failed you so many times, I am unworthy)

How can I stand here before you
When I begin to steal
What only belongs to you
What only belongs to you
I am able to bring you
Nothing that isn't already yours (Nothing on this earth is really mine, it is all yours, Father, to claim something is mine is wrong, no Jewels, no crowns, no treasures, not even another person can be claimed as my own, everything belongs to you.)

I am so ashamed, I'm so ashamed
Of what I ever called my own
Take what I have, take these broken remains
What can I give to you that you don't already deserve
(I can give you nothing, no riches in this world are mine, and to you, they are nothing. But I have my life, my will, and It is broken, and I am unworthy, all that I can offer you my lord is my life)

You laid down your life when I refused to give mine
(I am so unworthy.. You died, shed your blood for me, but yet I sin against you, and through my transgressions I became the nails that pierced your hands, forgive me.)

I'm going to respectfully disagree with the other meanings...

Its about Tim realizing he has not honered God with his life, and now that he sees Gods unconditional love and unending grace, he feels unworthy of such love so he gives his life to God. And his old self is the fallen soldier

a love he would give her with all that dwells in his heart, everything he has and owns of true value... he wants to give to her. he has fallen because his and her expectations he has failed. the many times that he has are different but now they begin to repeat. he knows that his love is true and it he feels hers and his pain when he stands before her. only because her cares so muchand realizes that he has done wrong. but there he is with her. he has taken from her values... her time, her love, her tears, maybe her virginity. and he shows her no innoscence through his eyes. constantly he wants her to know that hes able to bring her everything thats already hers. saying that no matter what the problems consist of, he is still going to give her his love. when he says that he is ashamed of what he has called his own. he means it in an ashamed wat for himself because of how he made it to be fom his point of view. he wants her to have his best ramains (whats left of them) because he still wants to be a part of her or her life.
he will ask her "what can i give to you that you dont already deserve"
this is because he wants her to know that he cant give to her anything that she doesnt deserve because all that she deserves is all that she should have. she put everything on the line for him right from the get go of her love (the beginning). all the small arguements in a relationship- they are never trivial - he wants us to know that a love you give it all for you should really buckle down to. because you wont realize the beauty of what you lost until its already too late. he wasnt ready in so many ways to commit.

the title has much to do with the son. he himself is a soldier. a president controls our country and those soldiers are the backbone who fight for it to be there for its religions and rules... all that belongs to it , values.
she is the president love is the counrty she lives for and he is the soldier who served in fear and fell beneath all his own.
its like myself -love- my greatest passion my greatest weakness