if you read this interview with james mercer (http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=2377) , it's pretty evident that the underlining theme of most of the songs on this album is that people need to stop overanalyzing everything, and just live life, and stop worrying about the technical stuff. Also clear is that Mercer is a big fan of apathy.
In this way, I think the song means that while there are all these philosophies (both religious and not) are out there to try and make sense of life, people should stop trying to make sense of things and just live. Although he admires these people for their interpretations of life, he acknowledges that he doesn't have the will or time to do it himself.
He also says "I value them but I won't cry every time one's wiped out", meaning that he respects these people for their thoughts but that their theories don't rule his life. Life gets complicated when you interpret it too much.
Mercer is very consistent in his beliefs. I like that.
if you read this interview with james mercer (http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=2377) , it's pretty evident that the underlining theme of most of the songs on this album is that people need to stop overanalyzing everything, and just live life, and stop worrying about the technical stuff. Also clear is that Mercer is a big fan of apathy.
In this way, I think the song means that while there are all these philosophies (both religious and not) are out there to try and make sense of life, people should stop trying to make sense of things and just live. Although he admires these people for their interpretations of life, he acknowledges that he doesn't have the will or time to do it himself.
He also says "I value them but I won't cry every time one's wiped out", meaning that he respects these people for their thoughts but that their theories don't rule his life. Life gets complicated when you interpret it too much.
Mercer is very consistent in his beliefs. I like that.