02. Adamic Nature of Man

     The second track on the album was originally called, "The Adamic Nature of Modern Man" - it's an ambient track that serves as a meditation on our nature as sinners and, "Man," refers to mankind, or humankind if you want to be politically correct about it. 

    This is something I ponder on with regularity, our tendency toward sin even within our thoughts. As Christians, we're trained to constantly pay attention to what we're thinking and I was taught that thinking a sin is as bad as committing it. As to whether or not this is accurate may be up to the individual, but I try to avoid thoughts that will lead me down a bad road. I fail at that often. Is any sin as bad as any other? Maybe the answer is yes and no, this being an example of both things being true. Both things happen. In John, sin is said to be lawlessness if you make it a practice. Maybe the point is that it builds a wall between us and God. 

    It's mentioned in Mark that the only unforgivable sin is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Then, in John 19:11 Jesus directly says to Pilate, "Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin." These two verses indicate, to me, that a penny is a penny and a nickel is a nickel.

    So here it is - our Adamic nature is our inborn sin habit that we fight against as Christians. All sin builds a wall between us and God, but some sins are punished differently or are more severe than others. The simple conclusion is to stop sinning.

    But we all know that's impossible. Because we're not Jesus. 

    I removed Modern from the title, because that was really just a commentary on the nature of the electronic music. This album has a lot of influence and takes a lot of production techniques from Industrial Metal. That was partly intentional, and partly just how I produce music. The lyrics throughout the album are often repeated, and I've stated before that I was attempting to express things as clearly as possible as simply as possible. It's all there, but the repetition is meant to melt the vocals into the music and cause them to become their own instrumental element. 

    That's also the reason that they might seem a little buried in the mix. It was intentional, but whether or not I pulled that off is up to the individual listener, I suppose.