The Pirate's Gospel

Hedonism is not sustainable.

i agree with tarumba on the meaning of this song. how liberating it is. although at the same time, the idea of being a "pirate" isn't exactly a noble sense of life. it's entirely possible that this song could be a satire of the idea of living in the world here and now, that secular humanists and people like that are just living on stolen time (from god(s)). For some reason that's what pirate as an adjective would mean to me. I don't think this is the case though because of the themes of other songs, and the very first line. It is obviously futile to "row" to heaven.

To me, this song is about living for yourself, and casting out all hipocrisy: I'll enjoy life, I'll do whatever I genuinely want to do, while the others worry about what's right and wrong. When she says "we're gonna keep our eyes wide open" she's talking about how everyone else is looking up, accomodating their lifes to intangible beliefs, while real life is going on down here. My boyfriend and I love this song, it is about freedom and cutting the strings, just living without caring about external prejudice.

@tarumba: that's quite exactly how I feel about that song too