The song basically sets the scene of the speaker being confornted with all the bullshit of the modern world (the Stagger Lee reference among others) and finding refuge in music, depicted here in the manner of evangelical christianity ( the 'gospel', 'hallijuliah' and 'rapture' references)
The song basically sets the scene of the speaker being confornted with all the bullshit of the modern world (the Stagger Lee reference among others) and finding refuge in music, depicted here in the manner of evangelical christianity ( the 'gospel', 'hallijuliah' and 'rapture' references)