Actually Amy is an embodyment of the different heroes that the group has (actually the band has admitted this in interviews, so I'm not just going out on a limb, and even if I were there is enough justification in the text to support this). The zealousy for christ is only a part of the whole. John Donne once said in relation to the interconnection of man that if "...one clod is washed away Europe is the less" this also holds true for poetry or lyrics. There are more factes of "Amy's Song" than would generally meet the eye. For example. Amy is dead. (if you don't belive me read the first stanza). Symbolically standing for what Blake would call "experiance" (as opposed to innocence) where the earlier optimism that a person has had has been tainted by the world. The death of Amy becomes more important though, also because of the memory she left with the speaker, and the speaker's burning passion to emulate the ideal set by Amy/ his heroes.
Actually Amy is an embodyment of the different heroes that the group has (actually the band has admitted this in interviews, so I'm not just going out on a limb, and even if I were there is enough justification in the text to support this). The zealousy for christ is only a part of the whole. John Donne once said in relation to the interconnection of man that if "...one clod is washed away Europe is the less" this also holds true for poetry or lyrics. There are more factes of "Amy's Song" than would generally meet the eye. For example. Amy is dead. (if you don't belive me read the first stanza). Symbolically standing for what Blake would call "experiance" (as opposed to innocence) where the earlier optimism that a person has had has been tainted by the world. The death of Amy becomes more important though, also because of the memory she left with the speaker, and the speaker's burning passion to emulate the ideal set by Amy/ his heroes.