I agree with sticktoyourguns that this song is about religion, but not so much about personal pain. I think this song is about people's internal denial of they spiritual beings they really are. I think in the first verse he is describing how he was awoken to truth, the myth being religion. Store-bought conformity refers to our denial of our individuality by trying to be like everyone else through purchased acquisions. Force-fed duality refers to being required to believe in religious doctrine (duality refers to this life v afterlife). I warp reality = i believe in things that are not true. (I = everyone)
The comfort you will find as you remain hidden = as long as you accept religious doctrine you may remain comfortable yet ignorant of the real truth of our spirituality.
The light = religious doctrine
betrays = is a lie
casting your true self away = religious doctrine when believed staunchly leaves no room to learn about and understand your true spiritual self
They remain blinded = they'll never see the truth of what we really are
As vanity posseses me = my body/mind shell ego which thinks it is the true me but is not
I am further away = my shell is not who I am, it is only the vehicle in which I travel through this world
Gripped in a belief in empty words = the shell believes the myth
Driven by a need to prove = the desire we naturally have to prove that indeed we ARE this shell
The shell may wither but the fire burns eternal = we are not this body, we are everlasting lifeforms of spirit
We will never find what burns inside = we can never understand our true nature
You remain blind behind the light = as long as we continue to believe the myth of religious doctrine.
Great lyrics, only problem is the inconsistency with I, We and You. I tend to think he does not include himself with everyone else, yet his use of pronouns is mixed. Perhaps he fluctuates between believing and not believing the doctrines.
I agree with sticktoyourguns that this song is about religion, but not so much about personal pain. I think this song is about people's internal denial of they spiritual beings they really are. I think in the first verse he is describing how he was awoken to truth, the myth being religion. Store-bought conformity refers to our denial of our individuality by trying to be like everyone else through purchased acquisions. Force-fed duality refers to being required to believe in religious doctrine (duality refers to this life v afterlife). I warp reality = i believe in things that are not true. (I = everyone)
The comfort you will find as you remain hidden = as long as you accept religious doctrine you may remain comfortable yet ignorant of the real truth of our spirituality.
The light = religious doctrine betrays = is a lie casting your true self away = religious doctrine when believed staunchly leaves no room to learn about and understand your true spiritual self They remain blinded = they'll never see the truth of what we really are
As vanity posseses me = my body/mind shell ego which thinks it is the true me but is not I am further away = my shell is not who I am, it is only the vehicle in which I travel through this world Gripped in a belief in empty words = the shell believes the myth Driven by a need to prove = the desire we naturally have to prove that indeed we ARE this shell
The shell may wither but the fire burns eternal = we are not this body, we are everlasting lifeforms of spirit
We will never find what burns inside = we can never understand our true nature You remain blind behind the light = as long as we continue to believe the myth of religious doctrine.
Great lyrics, only problem is the inconsistency with I, We and You. I tend to think he does not include himself with everyone else, yet his use of pronouns is mixed. Perhaps he fluctuates between believing and not believing the doctrines.