| Jump, Little Children – Cathedrals Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This is my first interpretation of a song on here, and I feel so moved by this when I hear it that my emotions flow and my thoughts are scattered. But I will give it my best shot. I see this song as lamenting the way that various governments, dictators, and groups have exploited religion. The references to electric fences, mosaic of the head of state, etc, remind me of the holocaust, and people being herded to whatever their ultimate destination may be just because of their religion. These great cathedrals that were once built to honor some divine power, are now symbolic of corruption, death. The individual detail that at one point was painstakingly created- the angels on the ceiling, the stone arches- now just parts of a building that is nothing more than a commodity to be used and abused however it may be convenient. |
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