I think this song is about religion. About somebody unsure about their faith.
"Whenever I step outside, somebody claims to see the light
It seems to me that all of us have lost our patience."
This line refers to the way everyone has their own ideas on religion, everyone has their own beliefs.
"'Cause everyone thinks they're right, and nobody thinks that there just might
Be more than one road to our final destination"
This line refers to the way that everyone believes that their stance on religion is the correct one. They refuse to believe that there are other religions that may hold just as much validity to their own.
The chorus:
"But I'm not ever going to know if I'm right or wrong
'Cause we're all going in the same direction
And I'm not sure which way to go
Because all along
We've been going in the same direction"
refers to the singers frustration at the state of things. He feels he will never know whether his choice of faith is the right one, or the wrong one. He believes that we are heading the same way in the end anyway, so how will we ever know whether we were right or not in our choices?
"I'm tired of playing games, of looking for someone else to blame
For all the holes in answers that are clearly showing
For something to fill the space, was all of the time I spent a waste?
'Cause so many choices point the same way I was going"
I believe this part of the song refers to the way religions are attacked by critics (questions like, "if God made the world, who made God?") but never really have any rebuke other than "you just need to have faith". This lack of certainty frustrates him and has led him to investigate other religions, and he has discovered that alot of them are very, very similar. Worship of a supreme being, rules on how to live a good life etc. He believes that no matter which religion he chose, he would basically be in the same situation he's in at the moment ("'Cause so many choices point the same way I was going").
As the song comes to a close, the final verse sums up his feelings.
"So why does there only have to be one correct philosophy?
I don't want to go and follow you just to end up like one of them."
He is asking why there must be only one religion. Each religion believes that they are correct and everyone else is wrong. He just wants to know why and is making a statement that he doesn't want to follow a religion just because everyone else (family and friends perhaps) do so. He wants it to be a personal choice.
"And why are you always telling me what you want me to believe?
I'd like to think that I can go my own way and meet you in the end."
This is the closing verse of the song is basically asking people to just let him choose his own path. Don't try to force religious opinions on him, it's a personal choice that he and he alone must make. He'll just go his own way, and see them on the other side.
I think this song is about religion. About somebody unsure about their faith.
"Whenever I step outside, somebody claims to see the light It seems to me that all of us have lost our patience."
This line refers to the way everyone has their own ideas on religion, everyone has their own beliefs.
"'Cause everyone thinks they're right, and nobody thinks that there just might Be more than one road to our final destination"
This line refers to the way that everyone believes that their stance on religion is the correct one. They refuse to believe that there are other religions that may hold just as much validity to their own.
The chorus:
"But I'm not ever going to know if I'm right or wrong 'Cause we're all going in the same direction And I'm not sure which way to go Because all along We've been going in the same direction"
refers to the singers frustration at the state of things. He feels he will never know whether his choice of faith is the right one, or the wrong one. He believes that we are heading the same way in the end anyway, so how will we ever know whether we were right or not in our choices?
"I'm tired of playing games, of looking for someone else to blame For all the holes in answers that are clearly showing For something to fill the space, was all of the time I spent a waste? 'Cause so many choices point the same way I was going"
I believe this part of the song refers to the way religions are attacked by critics (questions like, "if God made the world, who made God?") but never really have any rebuke other than "you just need to have faith". This lack of certainty frustrates him and has led him to investigate other religions, and he has discovered that alot of them are very, very similar. Worship of a supreme being, rules on how to live a good life etc. He believes that no matter which religion he chose, he would basically be in the same situation he's in at the moment ("'Cause so many choices point the same way I was going").
As the song comes to a close, the final verse sums up his feelings.
"So why does there only have to be one correct philosophy? I don't want to go and follow you just to end up like one of them."
He is asking why there must be only one religion. Each religion believes that they are correct and everyone else is wrong. He just wants to know why and is making a statement that he doesn't want to follow a religion just because everyone else (family and friends perhaps) do so. He wants it to be a personal choice.
"And why are you always telling me what you want me to believe? I'd like to think that I can go my own way and meet you in the end."
This is the closing verse of the song is basically asking people to just let him choose his own path. Don't try to force religious opinions on him, it's a personal choice that he and he alone must make. He'll just go his own way, and see them on the other side.
Phew. Well, that's how it sounded to me.