What does Hide in Fairytale mean?

Theocracy: Hide in Fairytale Meaning

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Hide in Fairytale Lyrics

A child in sweet duplicity
For innocence? Or slavery to nature
And the bents that haunt him straight out of the womb?
He doesn’t have to learn the things unseemly that his instinct brings
To carry like a burden from the cradle to the...

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  1. anonymous
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     Oct 24th 2014 !⃝

    As a Christian band, the vast majority of Theocracy's music is about Christianity. Unlike many other groups, however, their songs tend to deal with deep theological concepts.

    In essence, Hide in the Fairytale is an argument against Humanism--the belief that mankind is naturally good. Instead, the singer argues that humans are born corrupt, with a natural tendency to give in to evil.

    In this song, Theocracy describes the Fallen (ie: naturally evil) Nature of mankind in great detail, then finishes by arguing that the only solution for this "Soulsickness" is submission to Jesus Christ. This incorporates a message of Redemption into what is otherwise a brutal denunciation of Humankind.

    For more information about the themes found in this song, see:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_man
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism


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