I couldn't disagree more. The song is suggesting we commit suicide "cut the flesh and let the blood flow into the drain" so God can take care of the rest. The song extrapolates a sarcastic criticism of religion. I thought that much was obvious.
"Cause when you die you are a slave"
This fits far more with the tone of the rest of the album. It's not a "feel good" song at all, despite the upbeat instrumentals.
I'm not sure how one gets a critique of religion out of "And they've got money and science / And they will leave you for dead" -- taking the lyrics completely at face value leaves you with a contradictory proposition at best.
I'm not sure how one gets a critique of religion out of "And they've got money and science / And they will leave you for dead" -- taking the lyrics completely at face value leaves you with a contradictory proposition at best.
To me the whole thing is a battle cry against the normalized desires of consumer modernity ("Don't bury your body with your diamonds") alongside an explicit embrace of mortality and the weaknesses thereto. You can stretch that to suicide if you' wish, but instead I see a message that's stoic ("the more you feel, the more you will take with you"), ascetic individualism -- freedom comes from the crucible of mortal discomfort.
It's sorta like a heavily caffeinated Buddhism -- not exactly upbeat if you like going into Ikea, but hardly suicidal.
I agree with buecadet3 tho that this song criticises religion, partly because the song is in the same vein as the rest of the album, which depicts religion (specifically christianity) as a social mechanism without underlying truth. Also the closing two verses mock the belief that god will take care of all the difficult issues; all you need to do is "tear, burn, soil the flesh" and "scream, cry, pray, confess".
I agree with buecadet3 tho that this song criticises religion, partly because the song is in the same vein as the rest of the album, which depicts religion (specifically christianity) as a social mechanism without underlying truth. Also the closing two verses mock the belief that god will take care of all the difficult issues; all you need to do is "tear, burn, soil the flesh" and "scream, cry, pray, confess".
@BlueCadetThree Don't quote me on this. This is not a rebuttal or anything, I just want to point out that the whole album is built around the old testament. These lyrics could have been a "rehash" of what originally was said in one of the books. But I understand where your coming from. A lot of modern songs like to influence suicide, which in its own way, is wrong.
@BlueCadetThree Don't quote me on this. This is not a rebuttal or anything, I just want to point out that the whole album is built around the old testament. These lyrics could have been a "rehash" of what originally was said in one of the books. But I understand where your coming from. A lot of modern songs like to influence suicide, which in its own way, is wrong.
I couldn't disagree more. The song is suggesting we commit suicide "cut the flesh and let the blood flow into the drain" so God can take care of the rest. The song extrapolates a sarcastic criticism of religion. I thought that much was obvious.
"Cause when you die you are a slave"
This fits far more with the tone of the rest of the album. It's not a "feel good" song at all, despite the upbeat instrumentals.
I'm not sure how one gets a critique of religion out of "And they've got money and science / And they will leave you for dead" -- taking the lyrics completely at face value leaves you with a contradictory proposition at best.
I'm not sure how one gets a critique of religion out of "And they've got money and science / And they will leave you for dead" -- taking the lyrics completely at face value leaves you with a contradictory proposition at best.
To me the whole thing is a battle cry against the normalized desires of consumer modernity ("Don't bury your body with your diamonds") alongside an explicit embrace of mortality and the weaknesses thereto. You can stretch that to suicide if you' wish, but instead I see a message that's stoic ("the more you feel, the more you will take with you"), ascetic individualism -- freedom comes from the crucible of mortal discomfort.
It's sorta like a heavily caffeinated Buddhism -- not exactly upbeat if you like going into Ikea, but hardly suicidal.
haha - "ikea"
haha - "ikea"
I agree with buecadet3 tho that this song criticises religion, partly because the song is in the same vein as the rest of the album, which depicts religion (specifically christianity) as a social mechanism without underlying truth. Also the closing two verses mock the belief that god will take care of all the difficult issues; all you need to do is "tear, burn, soil the flesh" and "scream, cry, pray, confess".
I agree with buecadet3 tho that this song criticises religion, partly because the song is in the same vein as the rest of the album, which depicts religion (specifically christianity) as a social mechanism without underlying truth. Also the closing two verses mock the belief that god will take care of all the difficult issues; all you need to do is "tear, burn, soil the flesh" and "scream, cry, pray, confess".
@BlueCadetThree Don't quote me on this. This is not a rebuttal or anything, I just want to point out that the whole album is built around the old testament. These lyrics could have been a "rehash" of what originally was said in one of the books. But I understand where your coming from. A lot of modern songs like to influence suicide, which in its own way, is wrong.
@BlueCadetThree Don't quote me on this. This is not a rebuttal or anything, I just want to point out that the whole album is built around the old testament. These lyrics could have been a "rehash" of what originally was said in one of the books. But I understand where your coming from. A lot of modern songs like to influence suicide, which in its own way, is wrong.