To me this song is a commentary on religion.. and here's the surprise: taken from the point of view of God or gods or whatever deity figure you think they are giving voice to!
The first verse is essentially God saying I can make you write about Me and about yourselves and My relationship with you.
"There's a head that pointed five degrees to the right" can represent that image of Jesus' head tilted on the cross after He died. And the sentence immediately after that can only mean "there will only be so many of us, gods"
The chorus could mean: "in order to keep Me alive, attribute Me some subtleties, give Me some people you choose (as prophets) to represent ordinary people that went through a huge change or an epiphany, and just give Me all of your hopes!"
The second verse, God is probably conceding that He is a lie, and the "knee scrapes" line is just His way of looking at His worshippers.
"military moments" could mean that in the middle of wars you will suddenly believe in Him, and that very belief is going to be your only way of explaining how you came to be in this world. The verse ends with Him asking the people "do you think I am temporary"?
The third verse, is kind of funny, God is saying "Hey I wanna love, that's why I created you. And I'm just good with words, they sink into your heart. I know that maybe some words you can't understand, but that's actually the time when you have to concede because when you think you're right is actually when you're wrong!"
I'm not sure about the last sentence of this verse. What are your thoughts?
"In your mind are the churches right beneath the stairs of your house and the time, it's the tick-tock going out and weary..."
To me this song is a commentary on religion.. and here's the surprise: taken from the point of view of God or gods or whatever deity figure you think they are giving voice to!
The first verse is essentially God saying I can make you write about Me and about yourselves and My relationship with you. "There's a head that pointed five degrees to the right" can represent that image of Jesus' head tilted on the cross after He died. And the sentence immediately after that can only mean "there will only be so many of us, gods"
The chorus could mean: "in order to keep Me alive, attribute Me some subtleties, give Me some people you choose (as prophets) to represent ordinary people that went through a huge change or an epiphany, and just give Me all of your hopes!"
The second verse, God is probably conceding that He is a lie, and the "knee scrapes" line is just His way of looking at His worshippers. "military moments" could mean that in the middle of wars you will suddenly believe in Him, and that very belief is going to be your only way of explaining how you came to be in this world. The verse ends with Him asking the people "do you think I am temporary"?
The third verse, is kind of funny, God is saying "Hey I wanna love, that's why I created you. And I'm just good with words, they sink into your heart. I know that maybe some words you can't understand, but that's actually the time when you have to concede because when you think you're right is actually when you're wrong!"
I'm not sure about the last sentence of this verse. What are your thoughts? "In your mind are the churches right beneath the stairs of your house and the time, it's the tick-tock going out and weary..."