Well, it obviously has references to Christianity...although I always felt it was more about losing God than finding God. The melody is dark... and the lyrics--the ones that express more joy--seem sarcastic, in a way. The "tears of the night turn to diamonds" represent to me how sadness overwhelms one when you feel God has left you, but then the cold apathy that comes when you begin to think that there might not even be a God. And how the "Sister of Charity remain[ed] a mystery"...the Sister of Charity never found her way into the life of the person who had lost God. Hell, it could even be about a Sister losing her faith, and wondering why she even became a nun in the fist place. Either way...I think that this song is about losing your faith in God.
Well, it obviously has references to Christianity...although I always felt it was more about losing God than finding God. The melody is dark... and the lyrics--the ones that express more joy--seem sarcastic, in a way. The "tears of the night turn to diamonds" represent to me how sadness overwhelms one when you feel God has left you, but then the cold apathy that comes when you begin to think that there might not even be a God. And how the "Sister of Charity remain[ed] a mystery"...the Sister of Charity never found her way into the life of the person who had lost God. Hell, it could even be about a Sister losing her faith, and wondering why she even became a nun in the fist place. Either way...I think that this song is about losing your faith in God.