Boy I never thougth this song was difficult to understand. To me at least it seems to be clearly anti organinzed religion. It sounds like he/they are talking about people being content with being poor and underachieving under the assumption that the true reward is in heaven. We gotta get in (heaven) to get out (of this miserable existence). And c'mon, "the needle's eye is winking, closing on the poor" is clearly (to me I'll admit) a reference to the bible saying that it is easier to fit a camel through the head of a needle than it is for a rich man to get into heaven. This fits in very neatly with the theme of The Lamb (the innocent) lies down on Broadway (mean streets...superficiality)
@kdpPhila@proggie You're right about religion, it describes an encounter with a group of Monks. Anyone who's ever owned the album and knows the story of Rael. While the story and lyrics are somewhat surreal, the describe the adventures of a character named Rael. The carpet crawlers was a group of monks that Rael encounters in his journey through NYC. Too many post modernists who just like to hear themselves intellectualize on this page...
@kdpPhila@proggie You're right about religion, it describes an encounter with a group of Monks. Anyone who's ever owned the album and knows the story of Rael. While the story and lyrics are somewhat surreal, the describe the adventures of a character named Rael. The carpet crawlers was a group of monks that Rael encounters in his journey through NYC. Too many post modernists who just like to hear themselves intellectualize on this page...
Boy I never thougth this song was difficult to understand. To me at least it seems to be clearly anti organinzed religion. It sounds like he/they are talking about people being content with being poor and underachieving under the assumption that the true reward is in heaven. We gotta get in (heaven) to get out (of this miserable existence). And c'mon, "the needle's eye is winking, closing on the poor" is clearly (to me I'll admit) a reference to the bible saying that it is easier to fit a camel through the head of a needle than it is for a rich man to get into heaven. This fits in very neatly with the theme of The Lamb (the innocent) lies down on Broadway (mean streets...superficiality)
@kdpPhila @proggie You're right about religion, it describes an encounter with a group of Monks. Anyone who's ever owned the album and knows the story of Rael. While the story and lyrics are somewhat surreal, the describe the adventures of a character named Rael. The carpet crawlers was a group of monks that Rael encounters in his journey through NYC. Too many post modernists who just like to hear themselves intellectualize on this page...
@kdpPhila @proggie You're right about religion, it describes an encounter with a group of Monks. Anyone who's ever owned the album and knows the story of Rael. While the story and lyrics are somewhat surreal, the describe the adventures of a character named Rael. The carpet crawlers was a group of monks that Rael encounters in his journey through NYC. Too many post modernists who just like to hear themselves intellectualize on this page...