III by Foster the People Song Info
“III” is a song about God and Mark’s relationship with Him. III is three in Roman Numerals, referencing the holy Trinity: Father, Spirit, Son. He wonders why he tries to control things on his own instead of giving it up to God, so he relinquishes his control and gives it to Him. He goes on to reference Jesus saying His life is beautiful and he wants to live in His love eternally. Mark doesn’t know when he will die, and people tend to lose their way, but we all will die and spend an eternity somewhere. He pleads with himself (and his audience) to not lose his way so he (and they) can sing with angels. “wake the sleeping from their dreaming” is a call to bring back those who have wandered and strayed from God and are looking elsewhere because “we all want more.”
