I think the Great Deceiver is religion. It shows how hypocrital it is.
The chorus pretty much sums it up. Cigarettes (not healthy at all,) ice cream (a metaphor possibly?,) figurines of the virgin Mary (showing that these church powers smoke and eat, but they still have the virgin Mary so they're still "good people.")
The chorus is not symbolic. It is an account of things seen in a gift shop at The Vatican
The chorus is not symbolic. It is an account of things seen in a gift shop at The Vatican
The song is not a slam on religion but on the devilry behind the sale of religious fetishes. Jesus at the temple part 2
The song is not a slam on religion but on the devilry behind the sale of religious fetishes. Jesus at the temple part 2
I have been listening to KC since 1972 and have never heard or seen an attack on religion. RF is a spiritual man.
I have been listening to KC since 1972 and have never heard or seen an attack on religion. RF is a spiritual man.
One might argue Sinfield’s lyric in Poseidon is anti-Christian but the reverse seems true here: “Children kneel in Jesus til they learn the price of nails”. That has more to do with would-be adherents...
One might argue Sinfield’s lyric in Poseidon is anti-Christian but the reverse seems true here: “Children kneel in Jesus til they learn the price of nails”. That has more to do with would-be adherents who do not understand the sacrifice required of them until they are fully involved and then leave the faith.
The next line is key:
While all around the Mother Earth waits balanced on the scales
Divine reckoning is coming. I like the use of scales here. A measuring device and what we find Poseidon’s tail is made up of
I think the Great Deceiver is religion. It shows how hypocrital it is.
The chorus pretty much sums it up. Cigarettes (not healthy at all,) ice cream (a metaphor possibly?,) figurines of the virgin Mary (showing that these church powers smoke and eat, but they still have the virgin Mary so they're still "good people.")
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The chorus is not symbolic. It is an account of things seen in a gift shop at The Vatican
The chorus is not symbolic. It is an account of things seen in a gift shop at The Vatican
The song is not a slam on religion but on the devilry behind the sale of religious fetishes. Jesus at the temple part 2
The song is not a slam on religion but on the devilry behind the sale of religious fetishes. Jesus at the temple part 2
I have been listening to KC since 1972 and have never heard or seen an attack on religion. RF is a spiritual man.
I have been listening to KC since 1972 and have never heard or seen an attack on religion. RF is a spiritual man.
One might argue Sinfield’s lyric in Poseidon is anti-Christian but the reverse seems true here: “Children kneel in Jesus til they learn the price of nails”. That has more to do with would-be adherents...
One might argue Sinfield’s lyric in Poseidon is anti-Christian but the reverse seems true here: “Children kneel in Jesus til they learn the price of nails”. That has more to do with would-be adherents who do not understand the sacrifice required of them until they are fully involved and then leave the faith.
The next line is key: While all around the Mother Earth waits balanced on the scales
Divine reckoning is coming. I like the use of scales here. A measuring device and what we find Poseidon’s tail is made up of