look i think the point of this song, isnt whether or not you should be religious, but simply that you cant spend your whole life worrying about the afterlife. if you spend all your time devoted to a religion with no room for sway then are you really going to be happy? on the flip side if you are an atheist and spend your time brooding about the meaningless-ness of life, then you wont be happy either. its more of an indication of his personal standpoint, and way of going about finding what makes him happy, without brooding, or moping about the possibilities of death.
And we know not what we do (Can you hear their call?)
Will we ever make it through?
As they watch us fall (from the sky! to the ground! to the sea!)
Woe is me, woe is me, no one will save you now
We can only look away (away!)
We will not be victims there'll be no victims of to speak!
And only then will we be free
And up will rise the meek"
I think he is making an example of the wrong way to see it. As for "therell be no victims", and "only then will we be free", i think he means that since we all die, there is no true victim, its a reality and once we accept and learn to live with that reality then we can finally be free to enjoy our lives, whether our acceptance be through religion, or otherwise. i think its a much deeper statement that most of you are claiming.
look i think the point of this song, isnt whether or not you should be religious, but simply that you cant spend your whole life worrying about the afterlife. if you spend all your time devoted to a religion with no room for sway then are you really going to be happy? on the flip side if you are an atheist and spend your time brooding about the meaningless-ness of life, then you wont be happy either. its more of an indication of his personal standpoint, and way of going about finding what makes him happy, without brooding, or moping about the possibilities of death.
And we know not what we do (Can you hear their call?) Will we ever make it through? As they watch us fall (from the sky! to the ground! to the sea!) Woe is me, woe is me, no one will save you now
We can only look away (away!) We will not be victims there'll be no victims of to speak! And only then will we be free And up will rise the meek"
I think he is making an example of the wrong way to see it. As for "therell be no victims", and "only then will we be free", i think he means that since we all die, there is no true victim, its a reality and once we accept and learn to live with that reality then we can finally be free to enjoy our lives, whether our acceptance be through religion, or otherwise. i think its a much deeper statement that most of you are claiming.