Image of the Invisible Lyrics Meaning
Um... bit_up_nails just because someone doesn't agree with what you're personal opinion is dosn't make them...how did you put it? a fuckin' loser! or dumbass! or STUPID!!, it makes you stupid for calling yourself christian which in point of fact means "Christlike" and totally bashing someone for their oppinoin...not in love, in very blunt hate. And quite bluntly on my part it makes christians like you make so many people hate christianity for good reason. You represent Christ to people, and putting people down is not "Christlike" and does not prove anything. If you disagree with someone you can atleast be inteligent about it. It says in the bible to "Love your brother as yourself." So I guess you just insulted yourself and made you look like a fool, but what makes my heart break is you made God look like a jerk. So in saying that this is my opinion on the song, I may be wrong or right, but that is what makes it an "opinion"
Ok There seem to be a lot of scriptural referances here. But, I do think it is also somewhat political...if you go to there is a link to this site called "the invisible children" which is an organization and a movie trying to raise awareness to the kids in Uganda because of the war. The "invisible" kids that are suffering behind the scenes. Is it conected to "the image of the invisible"? Maybe...I can relate better to the christian side of things though because I am one and I tend to float more that way...
the on the scriptural side of things:
--> In Colossians 1:15 it says that: "15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation."(NIV) we are in the image of the invisible God.
-->Then the line that says "So we sing out this, our canticle" I looked it up in the dictionary and it means: "A song or chant, especially a nonmetrical hymn with words taken from a biblical text other than from the Book of Psalms."
--> The Chorus is very inspireing to me and very biblical, but it could also be interpreted to any person with a mission. "We all were lost and we are found" At first I thought it meant the way we where lost and then found by God but that is not what it says, it says "we are lost and we are found" not "we are lost then we were found" or something like that. It more implys being lost and found at the same time, kind of jekyl and hydeish which I can relate to, we may feel like we are lost sometimes, but we are always found by God. That is what it meant to me, but I think it might be a little off.
"We are the named and we are known" any rebel movement be it radical christians riseing up with God's heart for the nations or any other are named and known, that is what makes them radical and rebel's. "We know that we'll never walk alone" because God is in us and all around us, he never abandons us, he has always been there even when we where sinners.
--> for me when it says we are more than "static and dial tone" or "carbon and chemicals" it seems because we stand for something greater than this world because we are not of this world. Romans 12:2
--> "We're emblematic of the unknown" we represent the unknown spiritual world
To me it was battle cry to be radicle and "take back your souls" to defend the defenseless and save the inocent, we can't sit by any longer, we have to fight for what we beleive in...that is just my take
