10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2) Lyrics Meaning

"Listen to the tales and romanticize
How we follow the path of the hero."
Read the Bible and pretend that we are on the same path as the "heroes" we are reading about.

"Boast about the day when the rivers overrun
How we rise to the height of our halo."
Brag about how we will be ready when Judgement Day comes. About how we will "rise to the height of our halo."

"Listen to the tales as we all rationalize
Our way into the arms of the savior.
Feigning all the trials and the tribulations.
None of us have actually been there,
Not like you."
Considering whether or not we are good enough to be with Him, and when we decide we are NOT, lie to ourselves and pretend we are. Take a bunch of hardships in our lives, over-exaggerate them, call them tribulations and tests. But none of us have really been tested... Not like you (Judith Marie).

"Ignorant flippants in the congregation
Gather around spewing sympathy.
Spare me."
Stupid liars in the church around me (Maynard) giving their condolences... Spare me.

"None of them can even hold a candle up to you.
Blinded by choices
Hypocrites won't seek."
They are nothing compared to you.

"But enough about the collective Judas
Who could deny you were the one who illuminated
Your little piece of the divine?"
Enough about them. No one could deny you earned your place in Heaven.

"This little light of mine - a gift you passed unto me.
I'm gonna let it shine,
To guide you safely on your way, your way home."
The faith you've given me, I'll let it show, let it grow, so that you know you can go on.

"Oh, what are they gonna do when the lights go down
Without you to guide them all to Zion?
What are they gonna do when the rivers overrun
Other than tremble incessantly?"
What will they do when their day comes, and they have no one to lead them to the promised land? What will they do when Armegeddon comes, besides shake in their boots?

"High is the way
But our eyes are upon the ground.
You are the light and the way
They'll only read about.
I only pray heaven knows
When to lift you out."
The path leads to Heaven, So how can we find it if we are looking on Earth? You are the true believer, they will never be. I hope God knows when the time is come for you to join Him.

"Ten thousand days in the fire is long enough.
You're going home..."
27 years is enough. You're going to Heaven.

"You're the only one who can hold your head up high,
Shake your fist at the gates saying,
'I have come home now!
Fetch me the spirit, the son and the father,
Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.
It's time now!
My time now!
Give me my...
Give me my wings!
Give me my... (x5)
Give me my own wings!'"
You are the only one who should be proud of your choices. When you arrive in Heaven, announce your arrival, and demand to see the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Tell them that you are finally home, tell them it's time for you to be one of His angels.

"You are the light, the way, that they will only read about."
You are the kind of believer that was written about in the Bible.

"Set as I am in my ways and my arrogance...
Burden of proof tossed upon non-believers.
You were my witness, my eyes, my evidence,
Judith Marie, unconditional one."
As stubborn and arrogant as I am, they must now proove to me that God does NOT exist (instead of vice-versa). You were the one who watched me, who showed me, who proved Him to me. Judith Marie, the one who never faltered.

"Daylight dims leaving cool fluorescence.
Difficult to see you in this light.
Please forgive this bold suggestion:
Should you see your Maker's face tonight
Look him in the eye...
Look him in the eye and tell him,
'I never lived a lie, never took a life,
But surely saved one.'
Hallelujah,
It's time for you to bring me home."
Your light leaves this Earth, leaving a slight glow. It's hard to believe with you gone. I know this suggestion is nearly blasphemous, but forgive me. When you meet Him, look Him in the eye and tell him that you never faltered and you saved one who was nearly lost, me. Thank God, you saved me. Now bring me home.