Hint in the beginning, Jonah supposedly was actually dead in the Belly of the whale, and is one of the first resurrections in the Bible. So I feel that Neal is using this story as a metaphor for His Own experience of being Born Again. And You rightly guessed that he often through some of the song is referring to fighting that old sin nature which dwells in every one, even Christians, Who fight it daily, but with the Help of The Holy Spirit, Until The End when Christ Returns to Vanquish evil and Darkness. I hope this sort of helps, just from my understanding, kind of what my perceptions, are from my perspective as a Christian. Cheers
Great review, and I did in fact make it all the way to the end. :-) A key point to understanding Neal's perspective on a lot of his tunes is that he considers his solo work, along with that of the Neal Morse Band, as part of his Christian ministry. Pursuing his Christian beliefs is why he left Spock's Beard immediately after the release of the "Snow" album in 2002, and the vast majority of what he's recorded since then has been an expression of his faith. He left Spock's and his other projects largely because he didn't want to impose his beliefs on his bandmates, and didn't want to lead the band in a direction that they wouldn't be comfortable with. Except for Mike (who is nominally Jewish), the other members of the Neal Morse Band are also Christian, and have recorded their own music along those lines as well.
Hint in the beginning, Jonah supposedly was actually dead in the Belly of the whale, and is one of the first resurrections in the Bible. So I feel that Neal is using this story as a metaphor for His Own experience of being Born Again. And You rightly guessed that he often through some of the song is referring to fighting that old sin nature which dwells in every one, even Christians, Who fight it daily, but with the Help of The Holy Spirit, Until The End when Christ Returns to Vanquish evil and Darkness. I hope this sort of helps, just from my understanding, kind of what my perceptions, are from my perspective as a Christian. Cheers
Great review, and I did in fact make it all the way to the end. :-) A key point to understanding Neal's perspective on a lot of his tunes is that he considers his solo work, along with that of the Neal Morse Band, as part of his Christian ministry. Pursuing his Christian beliefs is why he left Spock's Beard immediately after the release of the "Snow" album in 2002, and the vast majority of what he's recorded since then has been an expression of his faith. He left Spock's and his other projects largely because he didn't want to impose his beliefs on his bandmates, and didn't want to lead the band in a direction that they wouldn't be comfortable with. Except for Mike (who is nominally Jewish), the other members of the Neal Morse Band are also Christian, and have recorded their own music along those lines as well.
The bassist actually played lead guitar Bedford he joined Neal.
You started by saying you talk over...thats OK if you are understandable and talk about the music. Only understood 10% of what you said.
Thats why i dont do that anymore. Its an old reaction. Nowadays i do all comments at the end and allow the songs to play un interupted.
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Nonetheless, I appreciate you reacting to this.