I think its an atheist song, follow my thoughts:
the woman thei refer to, is probably an image of a "saint";
he says that she always left him dry(disturb him);
the chorus is the main part to understand my theory: when he say "how near", he's refering to the people that believe that are next to god;when he say 'how far", he's saying that doesn't exist, that they are only near to him, in their minds
I think its an atheist song, follow my thoughts: the woman thei refer to, is probably an image of a "saint"; he says that she always left him dry(disturb him); the chorus is the main part to understand my theory: when he say "how near", he's refering to the people that believe that are next to god;when he say 'how far", he's saying that doesn't exist, that they are only near to him, in their minds
pretty good theory, isn't it?