Comments on: 40 Acres http://caedmonscall.net The officially unofficial fan site of Caedmon's Call. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris (Jesdisciple) http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/40-acres/40-acres/comment-page-1/#comment-26727 Chris (Jesdisciple) Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:53:23 +0000 http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/40-acres/40-acres/#comment-26727 I don't understand how the fables tie into redemption... What is the other person curious about? Also, I sort-of understand the island reference, but it could be made clearer. Is the dependence being highlighted that which we have on God? I don’t understand how the fables tie into redemption… What is the other person curious about?

Also, I sort-of understand the island reference, but it could be made clearer. Is the dependence being highlighted that which we have on God?

]]> By: Ross http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/40-acres/40-acres/comment-page-1/#comment-25221 Ross Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:48:09 +0000 http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/40-acres/40-acres/#comment-25221 Why is CC no longer playing verse one in concert? Any ideas? I can't figure it out... Why is CC no longer playing verse one in concert? Any ideas? I can’t figure it out…

]]> By: Chris Hubbs http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/40-acres/40-acres/comment-page-1/#comment-19923 Chris Hubbs Thu, 24 May 2007 00:49:27 +0000 http://caedmonscall.net/song-vault/40-acres/40-acres/#comment-19923 The basic theme of this song is the vision of freedom and cleansing through God. As the band has said many times before, the whole idea of this song (and the 40 Acres album) is the wonderful work of redemption. We can be created anew and given a fresh start when we give our lives to Christ, and then each day after that. Aaron uses a wonderful historical allegory to get his point across. When slavery ended, emancipated slaves were given '40 acres and a mule' to begin their lives and newfound freedom. Aaron compares our lives in Christ to this, as we get '40 acres and a mule' everyday. "You said call me Pandora, call me a fool"...A reference to the Greek mythological figure, Pandora, who was given a box and told never to open it. When her curiosity was piqued, she could resist the temptation no longer and foolishly opened the box, releasing evil and illness to spread across the world. "So drop these scales and take a look"...this might refer to the scales dropping from Paul's eyes after his conversion experience in Acts 9:18. "Your spirit's hanging in a bottle out on a tree"...this is a reference to the story "The Spirit in the Bottle" by the Brothers Grimm. "There is a place where no plow blade has turned the ground..."...this paints a picture of the fresh start that God's redemption gives us. Land that has never been plowed before. A true fresh start. "And you're alone in your room, like an island floating free"...this line could be in reference to the famous quote from John Donne's Meditation #17 which said, "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main." The basic theme of this song is the vision of freedom and cleansing through God. As the band has said many times before, the whole idea of this song (and the 40 Acres album) is the wonderful work of redemption. We can be created anew and given a fresh start when we give our lives to Christ, and then each day after that.

Aaron uses a wonderful historical allegory to get his point across. When slavery ended, emancipated slaves were given ’40 acres and a mule’ to begin their lives and newfound freedom. Aaron compares our lives in Christ to this, as we get ’40 acres and a mule’ everyday.

“You said call me Pandora, call me a fool”…A reference to the Greek mythological figure, Pandora, who was given a box and told never to open it. When her curiosity was piqued, she could resist the temptation no longer and foolishly opened the box, releasing evil and illness to spread across the world.

“So drop these scales and take a look”…this might refer to the scales dropping from Paul’s eyes after his conversion experience in Acts 9:18.

“Your spirit’s hanging in a bottle out on a tree”…this is a reference to the story “The Spirit in the Bottle” by the Brothers Grimm.

“There is a place where no plow blade has turned the ground…”…this paints a picture of the fresh start that God’s redemption gives us. Land that has never been plowed before. A true fresh start.

“And you’re alone in your room, like an island floating free”…this line could be in reference to the famous quote from John Donne’s Meditation #17 which said, “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.”

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