St. Elmo's Fire

I heard this song a week or so ago but forgot to look up the lyrics. I heard it again today and I like what I hear.

St. Elmo's fire is actually a blue-green glow created by a coronal discharge from a grounded rod in an electrical storm (or other atmospheric electrical area). It was named after St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors, because it was often seen by sailors during storms at sea.

In the context of the song, St. Elmo's fire appears to be an energizing, motivating, and driving force within the narrator as he transitions from a lost, isolated, self-centered youth to a maturity flush with challenges and the unknown.

While listening to the song, I had an idea for the paladins to regard St. Elmo's Fire as an internal force. St. Elmo's Fire describes St. Elmo's supernatural abundance of energy both physical and spiritual in pursuit of good works. He could be the first to work at digging a new well in the early hours of the morning, continue throughout the day without pause (freely chatting, chanting, or singing all the while), and be the last to stop in the dark hours of night.

Anybody can experience "St. Elmo's Fire" for a time in their lives. It is an energizing grace that staves off hunger, pain, and fatigue while the person is engaged in his good works. It acts essentially like an extended adrenaline rush, providing everything necessary to continue. Afterward, St. Elmo's fire takes its toll just like adrenaline, but the "crash" is buoyed by the afterglow of doing the Lord's work.

The paladins can enact a much stronger, focused version of St. Elmo's fire. In times of great need, they can even sacrifice themselves wholly to the flames in order to perform great and necessary acts. I had a vision of a paladin enduring the concentrated grace of St. Elmo's fire until flames literally erupted from his body as he worked (in this case, clearing debris from a cave-in as he worked through the night).

St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)

Growin' up
You don't see the writin' on the wall
Passin' by
Movin' straight ahead you knew it all
But maybe sometime if you feel the pain
You'll find you're all alone
Everything has changed

Play the game
You know you can't quit until it's won
Soldier on
Only you can do what must be done
You know in some way
You're a lot like me
You're just a prisoner
And you're tryin' to break free

CHORUS:

I can see a new horizon
Underneath the blazin' sky
I'll be where the eagle's
Flyin' higher and higher
Gonna be your man in motion
All I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin'
St. Elmo's Fire

Oooh...

Burnin' up
Don't know just how far that I can go
(Just how far I go)
Soon be home
Only just a few miles down the road
I can make it
I know I can
You broke the boy in me
But you won't break the man

(CHORUS)

I can climb the highest mountain
Cross the wildest sea
I can feel St. Elmo's Fire burnin' in me
Burnin' in me

Just once in his life
A man has his time
And my time is now
And I'm comin' alive

I can hear the music playin'
I can see the banners fly
Feel like you're back again
And hope ridin' high
Gonna be your man in motion
All I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin'
St. Elmo's Fire

(CHORUS)

I can climb the highest mountain
Cross the wildest sea
I can feel St. Elmo's Fire burnin' in me

Burnin'
Burnin' in me
I can feel it burnin'
Oooh, burnin' inside of me