crime - the violation of a society's formally enacted criminal law
Lyrically, Anberlin's song "We Dreamt in Heist" is about the emotions and thoughts that go through a criminal's mind during a bank robbery. He sings about "hiding the money" and jumping the border to Mexico to escape the law.
organized crime - a business supplying illegal goods or services
The album cover of Anberlin's debut album.
In "We Dreamt in Heist", the narrator warns to "keep your lips closed" and to "don't ever give away our underground location", referring to the black market in the song.
Crimes against property - crimes that involve theft of money or property belonging to others
"We Dreamt in Heist" refers to a bank robbery, stealing the money and leaving the country.
Crimes Against the Person - violent crimes that direct violence or the threat of violence against others.
In Anberlin's song Reclusion, they sing about being trapped in perpetual sin and losing yourself, and they use murder as a hyperbole for sin - "Sins like skeletons are so very hard to hide. If a stranger turns up missing, this song is my confession."
Deviance - the recognized violation of cultural norms. All devient actions and attitudes focus on some element of difference that causes us to think of another person as an outsider. "The very existence of some categories of people can be troublesome to others."
During an interview with Indie Vision Music, Stephen Christian was asked if he finds it "difficult working in the mainstream when
so many people are hesitant to like anything “Christian” related." He replied that he doesn't let it bother him, because at the end of the day, he is only performing for an "audience of one." However, he did comment that Sirius Satellite Radio said some
not nice things about the band being “Christian” guys. In this, just as is mentioned in the text, "the very existence" of this Christian group is troublesome to Sirris Satellilte Radio.
Retribution - an act of moral vengeance by which society makes the offender suffer as much as the suffering caused by the crime.
Lyrics from To the Wolves, in Anberlin's album Dark is a Way, Light is a Place: "Deceiving, say you love me but I found out.Deceiving, let me forget, to the wolves."
In this song, a girl told a man that she loved him, and it was a lie. He ended up finding out the truth, and the abandonment and betrayal he felt as a result was unbearable. In return, he wanted her to feel the way he felt. So he ref
erences sending her "to the wolves" where she can experience the pain of being ripped apart from the inside out.
organized crime - a business supplying illegal goods or services
Crimes against property - crimes that involve theft of money or property belonging to others
Crimes Against the Person - violent crimes that direct violence or the threat of violence against others.
Deviance - the recognized violation of cultural norms. All devient actions and attitudes focus on some element of difference that causes us to think of another person as an outsider. "The very existence of some categories of people can be troublesome to others."
so many people are hesitant to like anything “Christian” related." He replied that he doesn't let it bother him, because at the end of the day, he is only performing for an "audience of one." However, he did comment that Sirius Satellite Radio said some
not nice things about the band being “Christian” guys. In this, just as is mentioned in the text, "the very existence" of this Christian group is troublesome to Sirris Satellilte Radio.
Retribution - an act of moral vengeance by which society makes the offender suffer as much as the suffering caused by the crime.
out. Deceiving, let me forget, to the wolves."
erences sending her "to the wolves" where she can experience the pain of being ripped apart from the inside out.