I disagree with that. Nick's lyrics are not so optimistic as you might think. Take this for example:
Homos [...] Queer bashers [...] Lesbian counter-attacks
That stuff is for the big cities
People in this "pretty little town" just don't care about "homos", "crime", "freaks", "moral sneaks" as far as they are not concerned. And if they are concerned, they choose the stupid way to deal with it: They are fighting with the "crime" whatever it is by lighting the fires - but they do not admit, that this "crime" is caused by bad people living there. In fact they want to hide it, by stating that they need a "Force" for the kittens on the trees.
I disagree with that. Nick's lyrics are not so optimistic as you might think. Take this for example:
Homos [...] Queer bashers [...] Lesbian counter-attacks That stuff is for the big cities
People in this "pretty little town" just don't care about "homos", "crime", "freaks", "moral sneaks" as far as they are not concerned. And if they are concerned, they choose the stupid way to deal with it: They are fighting with the "crime" whatever it is by lighting the fires - but they do not admit, that this "crime" is caused by bad people living there. In fact they want to hide it, by stating that they need a "Force" for the kittens on the trees.
I really don't think that God is present there.