This song is pretty easy to understand. Life is pointless. There, that's it. Granted, I love the imagery and detail LoC uses to show this. It basically is saying that there is no initial meaning to life, and that this existence that we all lead is sad and painful, but true in that we should accept it as nothing more than that. How this song correlates to the title is that people who think that there is a god who will save you after you die are incompetent and ignorant and should accept that once you die you rot in the ground. Life is as simple as that. No god, no meaning , nor purpose, so make your own meaning and purpose. I think the last line, which does cause some confusion, is saying that there is no afterlife in which you have to remain in existence after living a painful life, and that there is no afterlife. Very truthful song.
This song is pretty easy to understand. Life is pointless. There, that's it. Granted, I love the imagery and detail LoC uses to show this. It basically is saying that there is no initial meaning to life, and that this existence that we all lead is sad and painful, but true in that we should accept it as nothing more than that. How this song correlates to the title is that people who think that there is a god who will save you after you die are incompetent and ignorant and should accept that once you die you rot in the ground. Life is as simple as that. No god, no meaning , nor purpose, so make your own meaning and purpose. I think the last line, which does cause some confusion, is saying that there is no afterlife in which you have to remain in existence after living a painful life, and that there is no afterlife. Very truthful song.