The "staring, angry faces, begging for a place to die" could be, as you said endofme, people living for what the world has to offer.
"I could leave you where you stand, Up upon that hill that'll fall to the wayside." The hill might be like the world, and the singer could just leave them there, and not try to save them.
The chorus, yeah, I think the hoax is everything the world says will make people happy. It dictates thoughts, and it can kill all of us if we believe it.
"And in this scene, I play the protagonist, and as well I play the opposed." Here, the singer could be talking about his views as a christian. He's a protagonist in that he's against the people believing/living the hoax , but he's also opposed because people living for the world usually don't like what christians' have to say about their lives.
"Or I could leave you where you stand." Again, he contemplates leaving them all and not trying to stop them from living the hoax.
"And you call this home, no home I've ever known." As christians (of which I am one), we are told that "this world is not our home". But I could be way off in my interpretation of this line.
"This isn't war, but these are still battles."
I think it's kinda self explanatory, here.
And battles make it all die out."
Not quite sure what to make of this one...
"This hoax to live for, the very plague that kills us all."
Living for the world (which I believe is the hoax they are talking about) will kill us all if we don't believe in God.
The "staring, angry faces, begging for a place to die" could be, as you said endofme, people living for what the world has to offer. "I could leave you where you stand, Up upon that hill that'll fall to the wayside." The hill might be like the world, and the singer could just leave them there, and not try to save them. The chorus, yeah, I think the hoax is everything the world says will make people happy. It dictates thoughts, and it can kill all of us if we believe it.
"And in this scene, I play the protagonist, and as well I play the opposed." Here, the singer could be talking about his views as a christian. He's a protagonist in that he's against the people believing/living the hoax , but he's also opposed because people living for the world usually don't like what christians' have to say about their lives.
"Or I could leave you where you stand." Again, he contemplates leaving them all and not trying to stop them from living the hoax. "And you call this home, no home I've ever known." As christians (of which I am one), we are told that "this world is not our home". But I could be way off in my interpretation of this line.
"This isn't war, but these are still battles." I think it's kinda self explanatory, here.
And battles make it all die out." Not quite sure what to make of this one...
"This hoax to live for, the very plague that kills us all." Living for the world (which I believe is the hoax they are talking about) will kill us all if we don't believe in God.
That's my interpretation, for now.