| As I Lay Dying – The Plague Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Also, I want to know where exactly you came up with this statement. "Then he ultimately denies religious views by saying that there is nothing sacred in every human being believing in only that which he wants to believe in but that religion doesn't leave him any choice by having so many contradictions." I don't see anything that implies that in these lyrics. |
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| As I Lay Dying – The Plague Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I think this is more against what religion has become today, rather than religion on a whole. Established religion, if you will. He mentions one of the masters we please is decree; aka, what the church says, goes, no matter what. Also, Tim says, "and we unknowingly worship icons of ordinary life." This presents the problem represented through the plague metaphor: we hold the church and other corrupt religious ideas so close to our hearts that we lose sight of the truth. This is reinforced through the blind guide and whitewashed tombs. In response to the divine eyes being men idea presented by Amarganth, that is in no way plausible, and you are clearly grasping at straws in order to convince yourself this song is 100% against religion and god. It is against modernized religion, and what I like to call "fake" christians. | |
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