The intersection of Angie Faith’s song "Deeper" and Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave" creates a modern lens through which to view the journey from spiritual or emotional isolation into profound realization. While the song is a contemporary work of worship and vulnerability, its themes of seeking a "source of life" and moving "deeper" into truth mirror the ascent of Plato's freed prisoner from the shadows into the sun. The Song as a Modern Descent and Ascent
“No,” Faith said gently. “You’re not real yet. But you’re getting there.” deeper angie faith allegory of the cave 20
Angie had expected monsters. But the puppeteers were just people. Tired, hollow-eyed people in gray tunics, holding up cardboard cutouts of celebrities, politicians, disasters, miracles. One of them was crying silently as she raised a cutout of a weeping mother. Another was laughing as he thrust forward a cutout of a grinning CEO. The intersection of Angie Faith’s song "Deeper" and
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (from The Republic, Book VII) describes prisoners chained in a cave, forced to watch shadows on a wall. They believe these shadows are the entirety of reality until one prisoner is freed, turns around, and sees the fire (the source) and eventually the sun outside (the Form of the Good). The journey is painful, disorienting, and requires going "deeper" into the darkness to find the light. “You’re not real yet