I guess this song is about betrayals and things going badly... and it's definitely on the obscurantist side. Money lenders obviously refers to that famous scene in the Bible when JC overturns the money lenders' tables because it's so immoral and corrupt and has no place in a space of worship, but CO is also drawing a parallel to our time, saying that all that we hold sacred is being corrupted and destroyed by money/power/empire.
I think there are also underlying themes of revolution and the need for rapid change. (the starving children, flamingos in mall=decadence?, and obviously Jeanne d'Arc - but watch out if you're openly critical because they will burn you at the stake if they find out)
I think that () word is mandala because it's a sacred image that is often drawn with colored sand. Tibetan Buddhists spend months drawing elaborate mandalas and at the end, they just blow it away because the mandala represents the universe and the erasure of it demonstrates impermanence. (And that's a theme we've seen before in CO's writing)
I agree with the biblical reference. I remember when i was in school we were told that story by the teacher and she always emphasized that is was the only time when Jesus lost his temper. Its as if Conor is trying to portray how badly he has been betrayed. The one thing he though was so sacred it was untouchable has been desecrated
I agree with the biblical reference. I remember when i was in school we were told that story by the teacher and she always emphasized that is was the only time when Jesus lost his temper. Its as if Conor is trying to portray how badly he has been betrayed. The one thing he though was so sacred it was untouchable has been desecrated
I guess this song is about betrayals and things going badly... and it's definitely on the obscurantist side. Money lenders obviously refers to that famous scene in the Bible when JC overturns the money lenders' tables because it's so immoral and corrupt and has no place in a space of worship, but CO is also drawing a parallel to our time, saying that all that we hold sacred is being corrupted and destroyed by money/power/empire.
I think there are also underlying themes of revolution and the need for rapid change. (the starving children, flamingos in mall=decadence?, and obviously Jeanne d'Arc - but watch out if you're openly critical because they will burn you at the stake if they find out)
I think that () word is mandala because it's a sacred image that is often drawn with colored sand. Tibetan Buddhists spend months drawing elaborate mandalas and at the end, they just blow it away because the mandala represents the universe and the erasure of it demonstrates impermanence. (And that's a theme we've seen before in CO's writing)
I agree with the biblical reference. I remember when i was in school we were told that story by the teacher and she always emphasized that is was the only time when Jesus lost his temper. Its as if Conor is trying to portray how badly he has been betrayed. The one thing he though was so sacred it was untouchable has been desecrated
I agree with the biblical reference. I remember when i was in school we were told that story by the teacher and she always emphasized that is was the only time when Jesus lost his temper. Its as if Conor is trying to portray how badly he has been betrayed. The one thing he though was so sacred it was untouchable has been desecrated