This song is about religion.
It's a continued thought from his other song, It's All Understood, which was about relative truths and religion... about believing and/or following the group mentality/ group think of religion.
Here, he's less optimistic and is actually critical (in contrast to the aforementioned song).
The "tracks" are the roads which are very limited (like rail road tracks). black and white is the assumption there is no gray in morality according to religion.
We are such villains are the religious leaders. He continues to hint at religion with use of words like "pray." He's talking about how what religious ppl say and do aren't always the same. He strongly criticizes relgion saying the current state of it is a "point of view" that "was chosen by the serpent's ruse."
Do's and don'ts are the rules of religion. The future of a life of religion becomes an empty promise. (ie. no afterlife, etc). Archaism refers to the nature of religion to assume the ideas established long ago are absolute still today. But he disagrees with Archaic principles saying its a road that leads nowhere (significant).
"the fruit" refers to the "fruits" as described in the bible (i.e. the fruits of God's spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, long-suffering, faithfulness, kindness, and self control.)
Generally speaking, he's criticizing the old ways of Western religious thought. He offers no solution and made no comment on progressive Christianity.
This song is about religion. It's a continued thought from his other song, It's All Understood, which was about relative truths and religion... about believing and/or following the group mentality/ group think of religion.
Here, he's less optimistic and is actually critical (in contrast to the aforementioned song). The "tracks" are the roads which are very limited (like rail road tracks). black and white is the assumption there is no gray in morality according to religion. We are such villains are the religious leaders. He continues to hint at religion with use of words like "pray." He's talking about how what religious ppl say and do aren't always the same. He strongly criticizes relgion saying the current state of it is a "point of view" that "was chosen by the serpent's ruse."
Do's and don'ts are the rules of religion. The future of a life of religion becomes an empty promise. (ie. no afterlife, etc). Archaism refers to the nature of religion to assume the ideas established long ago are absolute still today. But he disagrees with Archaic principles saying its a road that leads nowhere (significant).
"the fruit" refers to the "fruits" as described in the bible (i.e. the fruits of God's spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, long-suffering, faithfulness, kindness, and self control.)
Generally speaking, he's criticizing the old ways of Western religious thought. He offers no solution and made no comment on progressive Christianity.