while someone could take this song at face value, and be like yeah, it's about the book-- maybe it expounds on some of the book's themes you know?.. i know that's pretty close to being about the book, but i think he goes further with it and makes a statement about everyone's individual relationship with faith. you know.. how some people only really decide to go out and seek god after a loss-- and their faith is more of a sign of desperation, in order to try to recapture what it was they lost, than it is actual faith which is supposed to be a relationship with god that is independent of need. i see a lot of this theme throughout the entire song.
while someone could take this song at face value, and be like yeah, it's about the book-- maybe it expounds on some of the book's themes you know?.. i know that's pretty close to being about the book, but i think he goes further with it and makes a statement about everyone's individual relationship with faith. you know.. how some people only really decide to go out and seek god after a loss-- and their faith is more of a sign of desperation, in order to try to recapture what it was they lost, than it is actual faith which is supposed to be a relationship with god that is independent of need. i see a lot of this theme throughout the entire song.