I think this song is about how materialism and religion reroutes your life through a wasted and misguided path. The beginning talks about how there are just so many people who just simply live life, but don't enjoy. They don't care about themselves.
The middle section asks you to not be materialistic, but to care about what's important in life. Then it goes on to tell you stop worshipping something you cannot see (God), stop wasting your life in a leap of blind faith (borrowed that line from Slayer). Instead, turn that around and apply that respect to yourself. Life YOUR life, instead of appeasing a god, and basing life on money.. hence the last line "Life to you is such a wretched task!"
Also, I think the line "A candle lit from the bottom will soon start to burn", is a metaphor, that you suffer because you live life the opposite of how you should be living.
I think this song is about how materialism and religion reroutes your life through a wasted and misguided path. The beginning talks about how there are just so many people who just simply live life, but don't enjoy. They don't care about themselves.
The middle section asks you to not be materialistic, but to care about what's important in life. Then it goes on to tell you stop worshipping something you cannot see (God), stop wasting your life in a leap of blind faith (borrowed that line from Slayer). Instead, turn that around and apply that respect to yourself. Life YOUR life, instead of appeasing a god, and basing life on money.. hence the last line "Life to you is such a wretched task!"
Also, I think the line "A candle lit from the bottom will soon start to burn", is a metaphor, that you suffer because you live life the opposite of how you should be living.