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Birmingham
2007
Limbo
Professor Fate Lyrics
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They didn't worship God in fitting ways.
And for no other evil we're lost and punished.
We have no hope and yet we live in longing.
Tell me master, tell me, more, I want to know
cause I myself am one.
Did any ever go on his own from this place to blessedness?
Who are these souls just kept separate from the rest?
Their name which echoes up within your life.
Because each of these spirits shares with me
the name called out by the lone voice.
Silence here is just as seemly as our speech was here.
Encircled seven times by towering walls.
The people here had eyes that were grave and slow.
We move along and toward the light.
The lyrics of Professor Fate's song "Limbo" paint a vivid picture of the afterlife in Christian theology, particularly as it pertains to those who did not worship God "in fitting ways." These souls are lost in punishment, with no hope of redemption but a constant longing. The singer of the song, who is questioning his master about the nature of the afterlife, realizes that he himself is one of these lost spirits.
Line by Line Meaning
Who are these spirits whom you see before you?
Who are these souls that you perceive in front of you?
They didn't worship God in fitting ways.
They did not give proper homage to God.
And for no other evil we're lost and punished.
We are condemned without committing any other atrocity.
We have no hope and yet we live in longing.
Even without hope, we persist in yearning.
Tell me master, tell me, more, I want to know cause I myself am one.
Please enlighten me, dear teacher, I am one of them.
Did any ever go on his own from this place to blessedness?
Is there anyone who has left this realm on their own to reach paradise?
Who are these souls just kept separate from the rest?
Who are these spirits that are set apart from the others?
Their name which echoes up within your life.
Their identity that reverberates throughout your existence.
Because each of these spirits shares with me the name called out by the lone voice.
I know their names because they cried out to me.
Silence here is just as seemly as our speech was here.
Quietude is as appropriate here as the conversations we once had.
Encircled seven times by towering walls.
Surrounded by seven massive walls.
The people here had eyes that were grave and slow.
The inhabitants here were solemn with sluggish movements.
We move along and toward the light.
We progress towards the light.
Contributed by Sophia I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.