Prison Planet To Heaven

"Prison To Heaven" is an interesting offering from Scott and Seth Avett.

One can take it literally, as a traditional religion narrative, nothing wrong with that.

It's intriguing to consider the song also in a broader, spiritual sense. This thing we call life, the prison being built around us so that, should it come fully to fruition, can be used to bring the hammer down.

From the latter perspective, the song reminds us we still have the power to escape. The deal isn't sealed, nor is our fate. As Kris Kristofferson observed, “Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose”.

How have we conducted ourselves while here? Few perfectly. Have we, are we, setting inspiring examples for others? The better we do, the less explaining we'll have to do later. Not so much to a Higher Power, but to future generations whose fate, the world they will live in, may well depend on what we do during our time here.


Prison To Heaven by the Avett Brothers



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