Hmm, I disagree. I interpret it as being about religion and losing his religious beliefs.
The first verse sets up the whole religion thing in a negative light.
The first two lines of the second verse are his reasons for following the religion and staying with it - even though it's uninspiring. The rest of that verse is him seeing how the other believers are just following it with no real joy either.
Verse three is him dumping his religious beliefs. However in doing so he's made someone miserable.
Fourth verse is basically saying how he can't keep on believing it, even though the person it's addressed to 'devours' it.
Anyway - that's my rather poor explanation of what I thought was a rather straight forward song ... but maybe that's just my atheism poking through...
Hmm, I disagree. I interpret it as being about religion and losing his religious beliefs.
The first verse sets up the whole religion thing in a negative light.
The first two lines of the second verse are his reasons for following the religion and staying with it - even though it's uninspiring. The rest of that verse is him seeing how the other believers are just following it with no real joy either.
Verse three is him dumping his religious beliefs. However in doing so he's made someone miserable.
Fourth verse is basically saying how he can't keep on believing it, even though the person it's addressed to 'devours' it.
Anyway - that's my rather poor explanation of what I thought was a rather straight forward song ... but maybe that's just my atheism poking through...