It is a satirical song, and anyone thinking otherwise is injecting too much of their own personal beliefs into the song.
Based on the lyrics, though, it truly is a satirical song.
He's singing it from the perspective of someone who has been told that they're evil. Either due to their own personal beliefs, or some other reason. The song jokingly says that they wish to be saved.
He's only confused because someone told him he was confused. He felt perfectly fine before, but now that someone has tried to feed him religion, it's starting to haunt him at night.
It pulls at his arms and legs as if though he were a marionette - a puppet.
The last verse is asking to please send Jesus, because he feels it's about time. If Jesus truly is real, then he should already be here.
I understand how some of you are confusing this as a pro-Christianity song, but it truly isn't. Analyze it lyric for lyric, and you'll see that it is a satirical song.
As far as Thom's beliefs, I'd GUESS that he's atheist or agnostic. However, he could be Christian. The fact that he sometimes alludes to religious material in his songs means nothing. Countless song writers and authors have used Christian themes in their work without actually being a Christian. In fact, I myself am an atheist, and I can proudly say that I do read the bible. I'm not religious, but I'll read anything worth reading.
It is a satirical song, and anyone thinking otherwise is injecting too much of their own personal beliefs into the song.
Based on the lyrics, though, it truly is a satirical song.
He's singing it from the perspective of someone who has been told that they're evil. Either due to their own personal beliefs, or some other reason. The song jokingly says that they wish to be saved.
He's only confused because someone told him he was confused. He felt perfectly fine before, but now that someone has tried to feed him religion, it's starting to haunt him at night.
It pulls at his arms and legs as if though he were a marionette - a puppet.
The last verse is asking to please send Jesus, because he feels it's about time. If Jesus truly is real, then he should already be here.
I understand how some of you are confusing this as a pro-Christianity song, but it truly isn't. Analyze it lyric for lyric, and you'll see that it is a satirical song.
As far as Thom's beliefs, I'd GUESS that he's atheist or agnostic. However, he could be Christian. The fact that he sometimes alludes to religious material in his songs means nothing. Countless song writers and authors have used Christian themes in their work without actually being a Christian. In fact, I myself am an atheist, and I can proudly say that I do read the bible. I'm not religious, but I'll read anything worth reading.