i totally agree with what bonehead said. i first heard this song a while after 9/11, when the wars were starting, and it was like this song hit the sentiments spot on.
here's my interpretation. it deals with the problems in the middle east involving christians and muslims ("templars and sacacens"), but as bonehead said, can extend to all religions. people think that prayers will take away all sins. but blind devotion (not just faith, but blind, unthinking devotion) will hide the real problems ("hide the saddest view"), and it will clash and cause wars ("break the sky in two"). but ultimately, do you really know what you're worshipping and believing in ("loving the alien") or are you just excessively worshipping ("until the break of dawn") without question and without thought?
i totally agree with what bonehead said. i first heard this song a while after 9/11, when the wars were starting, and it was like this song hit the sentiments spot on.
here's my interpretation. it deals with the problems in the middle east involving christians and muslims ("templars and sacacens"), but as bonehead said, can extend to all religions. people think that prayers will take away all sins. but blind devotion (not just faith, but blind, unthinking devotion) will hide the real problems ("hide the saddest view"), and it will clash and cause wars ("break the sky in two"). but ultimately, do you really know what you're worshipping and believing in ("loving the alien") or are you just excessively worshipping ("until the break of dawn") without question and without thought?