This song is full of resentment of religion. I think the singer has a frustration with being preached at and told what to do his whole life, and see's the hypocrisy of the preacher. He's sick of it and doesnt believe it anymore.
He's told all boys have bad things on their minds, and they need to give their lives and minds to god in order to be good. "Red cowards in the home of the brave (the United States)/Rather the knaves and crooks that twist the good book" is about how preachers tell lies and distort their messages in order to get people to follow them and give them their hard earned money. The singer is calling them cowards for simply choosing to believe and act blindly.
This song is full of resentment of religion. I think the singer has a frustration with being preached at and told what to do his whole life, and see's the hypocrisy of the preacher. He's sick of it and doesnt believe it anymore.
He's told all boys have bad things on their minds, and they need to give their lives and minds to god in order to be good. "Red cowards in the home of the brave (the United States)/Rather the knaves and crooks that twist the good book" is about how preachers tell lies and distort their messages in order to get people to follow them and give them their hard earned money. The singer is calling them cowards for simply choosing to believe and act blindly.
Thats what I get from it at leat