Back to the Life Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Tbola 

Cover art for Back to the Life lyrics by Spoon

I think it probably is about a father/son... but, I kinda like it as a God/man sorta deal. "who gave you say" indeed.

Go BACK to the life, though?
That part makes me think we still haven't gotten it figured out right. The son/satan/man wouldn't be going back to the life in any of our interpretations - unless I'm missing something