Vicarious Atonement Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Subculture 

Cover art for Vicarious Atonement lyrics by Mars Volta, The

First of all, want to add how hilariously ironic it is to have google adds about worshipping God on this page. If only bots could understand context, they'd realise that "worship God" adverts weren't quite suited to this discussion hehe

The last lines, "Don't let these hands sharpen your eyes" makes me think that the person is threatening to make people see clearly in regards to the myth of Jesus, as if believers and followers are some how blurred in their faith.

It definitely sounds like a rival of Jesus, perhaps somebody that was a rival for a certain ladies misplaced affection toward him.