In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
No comfort
Fear, in the face of the unknown
Born to die in a lonely world
Hostility, breeds within the void
Left by the loss of understanding
Hatred, the true face of ignorance
Force fed to the masses with the promise of salvation
Knowledge controlled, power withheld
In the name of one, let all blood spill
There is no god, that could love this world
I find no comfort
In a life lived on my knees
No comfort
Divine judgment, I could never believe
No comfort
I could never believe
To live a life without regret
Is it not enough
To love, and be loved
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts
Superstition rules in the land of the weak
Fear, in the face of the unknown
Born to die in a lonely world
Hostility, breeds within the void
Left by the loss of understanding
Hatred, the true face of ignorance
Force fed to the masses with the promise of salvation
Knowledge controlled, power withheld
In the name of one, let all blood spill
There is no god
That could love this world
I find no comfort
Fear, in the face of the unknown
Born to die in a lonely world
Hostility, breeds within the void
Left by the loss of understanding
Hatred, the true face of ignorance
Force fed to the masses with the promise of salvation
Knowledge controlled, power withheld
In the name of one, let all blood spill
There is no god, that could love this world
I find no comfort
In a life lived on my knees
No comfort
Divine judgment, I could never believe
No comfort
I could never believe
To live a life without regret
Is it not enough
To love, and be loved
Nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts
Superstition rules in the land of the weak
Fear, in the face of the unknown
Born to die in a lonely world
Hostility, breeds within the void
Left by the loss of understanding
Hatred, the true face of ignorance
Force fed to the masses with the promise of salvation
Knowledge controlled, power withheld
In the name of one, let all blood spill
There is no god
That could love this world
I find no comfort
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Pretty straightforward song. He doesn't believe in god and it's a criticism of religion in general. Killing and hating in the name of their gods, living a life in submission to an imaginary deity. Awesome song, between the lyrics and the instrumental behind it. Great delivery.
I don't think it is a straightforward criticism of religion, remember Parway Drive travelled the world before they wrote this song and went to third world countries were superstituin rules (Superstituin rules in the land of the weak).<br /> <br /> "Power withheld" is obviously a link to religion and how governments/authorities have distorted religion to control the population (like the hindu religion, they have a caste system which has been connected to their religion, which is a barrier to them as lower caste individuals have nearly no rights in their religion and the lower caste is about 95% of the population)<br /> <br /> "Left by the loss of Understanding" - i believe this is a link to how Humanity creates religion to explain to them existence or the things humanity doesn't understand etc.<br /> <br /> "There is no god that could love this world" - Now this is why i believe it is not a direct criticism of religion but more a criticism of humanity as he actually doesn't state that "there is no god" however he says "there is no god that could love this world" suggesting If a god did exist he would not love humanity and our sly ways.<br /> <br /> <br /> "superstituin rules in the land of the weak" - "This directs the meaning of 'religion' in this song towards third world/weak countries such as India - China - Africa - The Middle East were religion is distorted or otherwise not fully understood and has usualy a bad effect on the general population and can be used to for grudges/wars<br /> <br /> "knowledeg controlled, power withheld - In the name of one let all blood spill" ---- This again is why i believe this song to be targeted at India or third world countries were religion is used to control the public and used to motivate people towards war 'let all blood spill'.
You're right, of course. But religious people always refuse to believe that anyone could be irreligious. Atheists, they claim, "hate God" (which of course implies that they actually do believe in God). I seriously believe that an artist could write a song that said:<br /> <br /> Fuck your God<br /> Fuck your religion<br /> It's all bullshit<br /> None of it is true<br /> <br /> And then conduct 100 interviews plainly explaining that the song is a refutation of religion, and STILL religious people would claim that the song is about how great God is.
@RoleMartyrX I agree with what you guys are saying, but I also think that the song is about lack of understanding of other religions<br /> "Hostility, breeds within the void<br /> Left by the loss of understanding<br /> Hatred, the true face of ignorance" <br /> <br /> People are afraid of things (religions and sometimes ethnicities) that they don't know about. A common example of this is islamiphobia. People don't know about a religion and therefore discriminate against and spread hate and fear about an entire group of people based on extremes.