Without paying attention to the lyrics it seems it's a love song, which it kind of is. It's definitely an attack on obsessive love for God, and particularly Jesus in Christian doctrine.
The theme presents our idea of God in a negative light. Anyone who defies love of God, such as Jonah or Adam and Eve, are branded love thieves. The best we can do at life is to receive God's glory "Beseeching the honour / To sit at your table / And feast on your holiness / As long as they're able". Anyone who refuses is a love thief, "Their minds are on trial." He also presents that the obsessive love with God or Jesus can be equated with passionate, or dare I say sexual, love with the lyrics "You're holding court / With your lips and your smile / Your body's a halo" We're obsessed with the characterization of God and Jesus in our own image. God made humans in our own image, really means "we made God in our own image."
Without paying attention to the lyrics it seems it's a love song, which it kind of is. It's definitely an attack on obsessive love for God, and particularly Jesus in Christian doctrine.
The theme presents our idea of God in a negative light. Anyone who defies love of God, such as Jonah or Adam and Eve, are branded love thieves. The best we can do at life is to receive God's glory "Beseeching the honour / To sit at your table / And feast on your holiness / As long as they're able". Anyone who refuses is a love thief, "Their minds are on trial." He also presents that the obsessive love with God or Jesus can be equated with passionate, or dare I say sexual, love with the lyrics "You're holding court / With your lips and your smile / Your body's a halo" We're obsessed with the characterization of God and Jesus in our own image. God made humans in our own image, really means "we made God in our own image."