This is obviously one of the more accessible Bunnymen songs and one of the easier lyrics, easy to understand yet intelligent enough ("since you're gone, you know there's nothing or no one to hang love on" - that sounds really well). The one part I wonder about is why he sings "God's above us, and Jesus loves us". In earlier songs the Bunnymen have shown a big anti-religious feeling ("deny you were ever tempted by the lie that there's an answer in the sky", "I pray, nothing happens: Jesus is all in my mind", "man has to be his own saviour") and Ian confirmed in interviews that he is not religious at all. So this one sentence showing a pro-religious attitude must be ironically intended?
This is obviously one of the more accessible Bunnymen songs and one of the easier lyrics, easy to understand yet intelligent enough ("since you're gone, you know there's nothing or no one to hang love on" - that sounds really well). The one part I wonder about is why he sings "God's above us, and Jesus loves us". In earlier songs the Bunnymen have shown a big anti-religious feeling ("deny you were ever tempted by the lie that there's an answer in the sky", "I pray, nothing happens: Jesus is all in my mind", "man has to be his own saviour") and Ian confirmed in interviews that he is not religious at all. So this one sentence showing a pro-religious attitude must be ironically intended?