Lyric discussion by JofaGuht 

Cover art for Godsong lyrics by Residents, The

I don't think this is all about God. I think they are using God as just a metaphor for any artist, trying to create something bigger and better than Him, but just turning out to be identical to him. Though trying to make it bigger and better than him, he also wants it to reflect him in a way to make him a true artist(What God no doubt intended was fr man to think about him and that was important because God just wanted to be just another deity). That's like one's piece of art. Though trying to make it bigger and better than him, he also wants it to reflect him in a way to make him a true artist(What God no doubt intended was fr man to think about him and that was important because God just wanted to be just another deity). The meaning of the painting or whatever is always changing, and the artist likes these view, but then again couldn't get the full grasp.

I also think that the fact the term of man using the telephone is also very important. The telephone could mean the transferring of ideas and cultures.