Oh please. This song is NOT anti-religious or even anti-God. That would be way too simple for a song like this.
Oh please. This song is NOT anti-religious or even anti-God. That would be way too simple for a song like this.
No, this song is about someone who is bitter, and lived through a nightmare. And life just goes on, as seen in the lines "Phones still ring; and singers still sing". So he (the narrator) feels left behind and that no one, INCLUDING and FOREMOST God have deserted him.
No, this song is about someone who is bitter, and lived through a nightmare. And life just goes on, as seen in the lines "Phones still ring; and singers still sing". So he (the narrator) feels left behind and that no one, INCLUDING and FOREMOST God have deserted him.
This is a story that can happen to anyone, and the reason God is mentioned so much is because to a bitter and sad person, God is the...
This is a story that can happen to anyone, and the reason God is mentioned so much is because to a bitter and sad person, God is the only "warmth" left in the world. And when even that feels so far away, well, we get these kind of thoughts.
Its purely about exploring man's feelings, not "the ridiculousness of th eassertion of God".
That's...too far out for something so personal as this.
The song is pretty clearly anti-religion to some extent, though, D33PPURPLE. I don't quite know where you're getting that the song is about "someone who is bitter, and lived through a nightmare." I don't see any lyrical examples in the song to suggest this.
The song is pretty clearly anti-religion to some extent, though, D33PPURPLE. I don't quite know where you're getting that the song is about "someone who is bitter, and lived through a nightmare." I don't see any lyrical examples in the song to suggest this.
But I also don't think the song is just about "ridiculousness of the assertion of God (and his loving nature)."
But I also don't think the song is just about "ridiculousness of the assertion of God (and his loving nature)."
It's always struck me that Tweedy is merely objecting to this idea that people use the abstract concept of "God's love" to feel better about themselves for whatever turmoil going on...
It's always struck me that Tweedy is merely objecting to this idea that people use the abstract concept of "God's love" to feel better about themselves for whatever turmoil going on in their lives, regardless of how they behave otherwise. Or maybe, he's just complaining because he doesn't find the idea of "God's love" comforting the way other people do... that it seems too random/nonsensical or whatever.
actually the song refers to the ridiculousness of the assertion of God (and his loving nature) rockin' cynical awesomeness
Oh please. This song is NOT anti-religious or even anti-God. That would be way too simple for a song like this.
Oh please. This song is NOT anti-religious or even anti-God. That would be way too simple for a song like this.
No, this song is about someone who is bitter, and lived through a nightmare. And life just goes on, as seen in the lines "Phones still ring; and singers still sing". So he (the narrator) feels left behind and that no one, INCLUDING and FOREMOST God have deserted him.
No, this song is about someone who is bitter, and lived through a nightmare. And life just goes on, as seen in the lines "Phones still ring; and singers still sing". So he (the narrator) feels left behind and that no one, INCLUDING and FOREMOST God have deserted him.
This is a story that can happen to anyone, and the reason God is mentioned so much is because to a bitter and sad person, God is the...
This is a story that can happen to anyone, and the reason God is mentioned so much is because to a bitter and sad person, God is the only "warmth" left in the world. And when even that feels so far away, well, we get these kind of thoughts.
Its purely about exploring man's feelings, not "the ridiculousness of th eassertion of God".
That's...too far out for something so personal as this.
The song is pretty clearly anti-religion to some extent, though, D33PPURPLE. I don't quite know where you're getting that the song is about "someone who is bitter, and lived through a nightmare." I don't see any lyrical examples in the song to suggest this.
The song is pretty clearly anti-religion to some extent, though, D33PPURPLE. I don't quite know where you're getting that the song is about "someone who is bitter, and lived through a nightmare." I don't see any lyrical examples in the song to suggest this.
But I also don't think the song is just about "ridiculousness of the assertion of God (and his loving nature)."
But I also don't think the song is just about "ridiculousness of the assertion of God (and his loving nature)."
It's always struck me that Tweedy is merely objecting to this idea that people use the abstract concept of "God's love" to feel better about themselves for whatever turmoil going on...
It's always struck me that Tweedy is merely objecting to this idea that people use the abstract concept of "God's love" to feel better about themselves for whatever turmoil going on in their lives, regardless of how they behave otherwise. Or maybe, he's just complaining because he doesn't find the idea of "God's love" comforting the way other people do... that it seems too random/nonsensical or whatever.