metathought is right. This is more or less about the trial of Socrates. I don't think it's about any kind of statement on religion or helping anyone so much as it's a story about Socrates.
The chorus line "hemlock straight up goes down easy" is a direct reference to how Socrates was killed, by drinking a poison hemlock potion.
Purely speculative, but "islands in the abyss" could be a reference to Atlantis. Plato was Socrates's student, Atlantis is attributed to Plato.
metathought is right. This is more or less about the trial of Socrates. I don't think it's about any kind of statement on religion or helping anyone so much as it's a story about Socrates.
The chorus line "hemlock straight up goes down easy" is a direct reference to how Socrates was killed, by drinking a poison hemlock potion.
Purely speculative, but "islands in the abyss" could be a reference to Atlantis. Plato was Socrates's student, Atlantis is attributed to Plato.