It uses the imagery of him waiting in a graveyard to try and see the angels as a metaphor for him searching for faith.
"so near the cherised ones" is in reference to being with the buried bodies. The references to angels are very obvious.
Once the angels dont come he realizes it was all a lie and that what he had been taught and what he wanted to believe (religion, God) was in fact not real.
The end is then him dealing with this new revalation.
I may be wrong but I dont think I am. I love the song, by the way.
The meaning of this song is fairly obvious to me.
It uses the imagery of him waiting in a graveyard to try and see the angels as a metaphor for him searching for faith.
"so near the cherised ones" is in reference to being with the buried bodies. The references to angels are very obvious.
Once the angels dont come he realizes it was all a lie and that what he had been taught and what he wanted to believe (religion, God) was in fact not real.
The end is then him dealing with this new revalation.
I may be wrong but I dont think I am. I love the song, by the way.