| The Helio Sequence – Hallelujah Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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im sorry to the folks here that think that this song is advocating having a religious view of life, but its not. i talked to brandon after a show in chicago il at lincoln hall and asked him specifically about this song, since it is my favorite song from this album. they were touring on the release of negotiations. he told me that while he was happy that the song was being interpreted in different ways that he wrote it from the point of view of "someone who wishes they could be religious but knows better". think of the work hes done with modest mouse, a staunchly atheist band. look at these lyrics in particular: What surely said, "We wrote a book" And rearranged the signs and forms to look like something understood Like something we had seen before these lyrics suggest that people wrote the bible and other holy texts in order to give themselves meaning rather than face an unknowable existence. this song is not in support of a religious view, but rather the lack thereof. open your eyes please. |
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