This song is a pretty straight forward "fuck you" to religion. "Fiction you speak with" is obviously talking about various religious texts and "convinced an afterlife is cursed with the burden to kill for admission" is a nod to how most wars and mass executions were due to religious reasons.
"Book in the hand not the hand of the children" refers to how parents indoctrinate their children and care more about pleasing their gods than they do about taking care of their children.
And of course the Chorus is talking about how God is nowhere to be seen, yet people continue to fight for their own version of gods and how all these conflicts could end if a God just showed up once (of course he never has and never will).
This song is a pretty straight forward "fuck you" to religion. "Fiction you speak with" is obviously talking about various religious texts and "convinced an afterlife is cursed with the burden to kill for admission" is a nod to how most wars and mass executions were due to religious reasons.
"Book in the hand not the hand of the children" refers to how parents indoctrinate their children and care more about pleasing their gods than they do about taking care of their children.
And of course the Chorus is talking about how God is nowhere to be seen, yet people continue to fight for their own version of gods and how all these conflicts could end if a God just showed up once (of course he never has and never will).