This song seems very simple for me to understand. You have to view the world in a naturalistic/atheistic way, as Robert Smith seems to see it. Many of his songs have a different meaning when viewed this way. I share his way of looking at life and this song is a critique of the character of god, and the reasons why people hold on to these beliefs. The song tells the person for whom this is intended that this is it and what you see is what you get, and seems to tell the person to try and contemplate this idea in saying, "just for a moment feel it inside feel it alive, feel your desire feel it conspire feel it inspire."
For someone for whom there is no supernatural and only the natural world exists, this is the one and only life. But instead of being something which causes dread or depression, one has to see it as your unique single chance to live which goes by "in the blink of an eye" and is held as precious.
In the lines "oh now all you are, is all there is, nothing ever moved in any of this," he flat out tells the listener that there is no god who took part in setting the universe, and that belief is based on fear of the uncertain. But reassures that there is nothing to fear in this.
@abiudb It seems obvious to me too. (Reality Only!) I tend to link this song mentally with "Where the Birds Always Sing" because the ideas expressed in the two songs come across to me as very similar: people deceive and burden themselves with supernatural beliefs because they want something that doesn't exist, because they're afraid of recognising that (for example) there isn't anything "after" death.
@abiudb It seems obvious to me too. (Reality Only!) I tend to link this song mentally with "Where the Birds Always Sing" because the ideas expressed in the two songs come across to me as very similar: people deceive and burden themselves with supernatural beliefs because they want something that doesn't exist, because they're afraid of recognising that (for example) there isn't anything "after" death.
This song seems very simple for me to understand. You have to view the world in a naturalistic/atheistic way, as Robert Smith seems to see it. Many of his songs have a different meaning when viewed this way. I share his way of looking at life and this song is a critique of the character of god, and the reasons why people hold on to these beliefs. The song tells the person for whom this is intended that this is it and what you see is what you get, and seems to tell the person to try and contemplate this idea in saying, "just for a moment feel it inside feel it alive, feel your desire feel it conspire feel it inspire."
For someone for whom there is no supernatural and only the natural world exists, this is the one and only life. But instead of being something which causes dread or depression, one has to see it as your unique single chance to live which goes by "in the blink of an eye" and is held as precious.
In the lines "oh now all you are, is all there is, nothing ever moved in any of this," he flat out tells the listener that there is no god who took part in setting the universe, and that belief is based on fear of the uncertain. But reassures that there is nothing to fear in this.
@abiudb It seems obvious to me too. (Reality Only!) I tend to link this song mentally with "Where the Birds Always Sing" because the ideas expressed in the two songs come across to me as very similar: people deceive and burden themselves with supernatural beliefs because they want something that doesn't exist, because they're afraid of recognising that (for example) there isn't anything "after" death.
@abiudb It seems obvious to me too. (Reality Only!) I tend to link this song mentally with "Where the Birds Always Sing" because the ideas expressed in the two songs come across to me as very similar: people deceive and burden themselves with supernatural beliefs because they want something that doesn't exist, because they're afraid of recognising that (for example) there isn't anything "after" death.