Comfort Betrays lyrics

Okay a lot of good opinions the song meaning but... The song is about a friend (or friends) who sat and watched as the writer (tim) nearly destroyed himself, probably giving into depression, anger bitterness, and then things like alcohol and hard drugs, and this “friend” just sat there on his ass and watched it happen because he didn’t want to be bothered by it….. He didn’t want to leave his comfort zone, this “friend” was probably a christian and knew tim needed the answers but didn’t want to confront him with it because he was comfortable were he was. And based on “i would have stood by you right to the gates of hell” it was probably someone very close to him, he’s also telling cowards like this who are to afraid to help people they care about for fear of feeling awkward need to get on the stick because pretty soon you’ll have no friends left to help.

No,in the song he's confronting the freind who he feels like betrayed him for the freinds own comfort, and through the song he's saying stand up for what it is you truly believe and not being a coward.

I think it means that some of us hide the truth (as professed by aild) from a friend just for the sake of our comfort. This song is sung by that friend to us. He trusted us and we did not reveal the truth that could have saved him just for the sake of our comfort. He says he'd have been with us to the gates of hell, but we've betrayed him. We've been cowards.

You also have a pretty good opinion on this song. Although comfort doesn't lead to hell if you read this lyric right. It's the betrayal of a friend that would have stood by you if things were the other way around. It's hard to understand songs or any art using a label like christian. I appreciate your focus on the themes, way to go

O. K. You both have pretty good opinions on what the song is about, but... Take into account the name of this song and how this band are christian. They speak of comfort, complacency and how staying dependent to this comfort will ultimately lead you to hell. The lyrics state that the singer almost let comfort (here personified as a being) destroy him/her, and that even though comfort may seem like a great friend, in the end, it betrays and will destroy you.

No rkr3w411 is wrong. Its about abortion. He never felt so betrayed that he was given abortion for no more than her comfort. Now her love is nothing to him. As he also says, you are a coward, antithesis of a friend.

Your in great depression or having a bad day or something and your closest friend just ignores it and doesnt do anything about it... Or you have been sold out and backstabbed by your closest friend