| Bad Religion – Lost Pilgrim Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Maybe I'm projecting my own beliefs or issues on this song, but it does remind me a lot of when I first decided that I no longer believed in the religion thing. I know normally Bad Religion would condone loss of religion, or consider it a good thing, but it's also an extremely tough life to deal with, especially if you were raised with a strong religious preference. 'Pilgrim lost his way' sounds much like what a religious person would say to someone who has given up religion, and he may be using that statement as a symbol of that, with a negative connotation on losing one's religion. For example, 'Is truth so pure you're willing to risk it all'. My personal life is much harder, just the way I live it, since I gave up religion. A lot of things make less 'sense', or have less worth, and it's really challenging compared to living the life of a religious person. But at the same time it makes a whole lot more sense, too. "Pilgrim, those are dry and bitter tears And lonely eyes that look way beyond your years" A man that knows more than he should, when this society is so based on religion and beliefs and ignorance. "You were too far gone to carry on, Now your life has stalled As you march ahead yet go no place at all Pilgrim, when you left them all behind The loneliness destroyed your able mind" And the world is a lot more lonely without a belief in god if that's what you were raised to believe your whole life. It's like he has a lot less 'purpose' in life.. At least 'inane god-driven purpose'. To me, this song speaks in contrast to most of Bad Religion trying to educate the masses, or at least make them 'think', of the toils of giving up so much emotion and security in your beliefs of god for truth. "Is truth so pure that you're willing to risk it all?" Reminds me a bit of 'Dearly Beloved'. |
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