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#243: Lost in the Night
Jul. 23rd, 2019 10:31 pmWell...do the people who are lost in the night still languish?
Yes?
Is this unusually dark for an Advent hymn?
Not unusually, but I'd say definitely below-average (especially with the minor key). It overlaps with the "end time" stuff as well.
Who are the people who have light and aren't letting us borrow it?
That's from a parable Jesus told about wise bridesmaids (who brought oil for their lamps during a long wait for the reception) and foolish bridesmaids (who didn't). I guess we're being identified with the latter even though the level-one interpretation is normally "be like the former, people."
Is that the only possible translation for that?
Instead of "bridesmaids" some versions have "virgins," which lends itself to amusement.
Yes?
Is this unusually dark for an Advent hymn?
Not unusually, but I'd say definitely below-average (especially with the minor key). It overlaps with the "end time" stuff as well.
Who are the people who have light and aren't letting us borrow it?
That's from a parable Jesus told about wise bridesmaids (who brought oil for their lamps during a long wait for the reception) and foolish bridesmaids (who didn't). I guess we're being identified with the latter even though the level-one interpretation is normally "be like the former, people."
Is that the only possible translation for that?
Instead of "bridesmaids" some versions have "virgins," which lends itself to amusement.
