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I'm NOT Jesus Meanings & Lyrics Discussion by lookcloser | SongMeanings
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The video really shouldn't have a bearing on your interpretation of a song. In the vast majority of videos the songwriter has very little input on the content of the video. Especially if the undertones of a song are too controversial or don't make for a good video. Once you get directors, producers, and accountants into the mix the main purpose is money not meaning. It's much easier to imply meanings with words then it is in a video. Also many great song writers don't want the exact meaning of their lyrics to be known. Take about any Cornell or Maynard song. The videos usually have nothing to do with the song or even try to point the viewer in the opposite direction of what the song is really about.
I also find it difficult to say that the song has nothing to do with religion, priests, Jesus, or God. Maybe it doesn't, but it would be difficult to say that it clearly is not about these things. It seems to me that the song is about people who use the veil of Christianity and religion to justify wrongs that they have done. Many religious people have become so arrogant that they honestly believe that confessing their sins sets everything right. When in actuality all it does is makes things alright for them so they can move on. This song is about the lives that are forever changed or wrecked in many instances by the actions of these so called "good men/people". In your mind Jesus may have forgiven you, but just so you know I can never forget and won't forgive you. Check out if you haven't yet --> A Perfect Circle - The Noose. It deals with some of the same issues.
The video really shouldn't have a bearing on your interpretation of a song. In the vast majority of videos the songwriter has very little input on the content of the video. Especially if the undertones of a song are too controversial or don't make for a good video. Once you get directors, producers, and accountants into the mix the main purpose is money not meaning. It's much easier to imply meanings with words then it is in a video. Also many great song writers don't want the exact meaning of their lyrics to be known. Take about any Cornell or Maynard song. The videos usually have nothing to do with the song or even try to point the viewer in the opposite direction of what the song is really about.
I also find it difficult to say that the song has nothing to do with religion, priests, Jesus, or God. Maybe it doesn't, but it would be difficult to say that it clearly is not about these things. It seems to me that the song is about people who use the veil of Christianity and religion to justify wrongs that they have done. Many religious people have become so arrogant that they honestly believe that confessing their sins sets everything right. When in actuality all it does is makes things alright for them so they can move on. This song is about the lives that are forever changed or wrecked in many instances by the actions of these so called "good men/people". In your mind Jesus may have forgiven you, but just so you know I can never forget and won't forgive you. Check out if you haven't yet --> A Perfect Circle - The Noose. It deals with some of the same issues.