This song presents multiple theories about religious traditions as well as the divine's relationship with man.
The first stanza is a critique of idol worship. The lyricist asserts that one spends hours bowing down and worshiping a creation of the worshiper. The second stanza follows this theme with the devotee's imagination is the source of spirituality in the sky.
The chorus and material afterwards complicates the meaning significantly. Interestingly, the lyricist does not deny the divine, but rather, describes the corruption of divinity with human conceptions. "Your divine step touched mortal ground, inspiring eternal dreams." The chorus makes more sense after this lyric. The fall of gods is when humanity attempts to imagine or conceive the divine. The gods do not literally fall, but rather become less sacred now that they're on mortal grounds. The lyricist states that the names of the divine shouldn't have been called. This contact with the divine is semi-negative in that the lyricist believes that the relationship is corruptible. The "true heart," as I interpret it, is the believer who has contained the divine within their religious beliefs. While the believer has pure intentions, the spirit (the gods perhaps) is contained and limited within the conceptions of the human mind.
This song presents multiple theories about religious traditions as well as the divine's relationship with man.
The first stanza is a critique of idol worship. The lyricist asserts that one spends hours bowing down and worshiping a creation of the worshiper. The second stanza follows this theme with the devotee's imagination is the source of spirituality in the sky.
The chorus and material afterwards complicates the meaning significantly. Interestingly, the lyricist does not deny the divine, but rather, describes the corruption of divinity with human conceptions. "Your divine step touched mortal ground, inspiring eternal dreams." The chorus makes more sense after this lyric. The fall of gods is when humanity attempts to imagine or conceive the divine. The gods do not literally fall, but rather become less sacred now that they're on mortal grounds. The lyricist states that the names of the divine shouldn't have been called. This contact with the divine is semi-negative in that the lyricist believes that the relationship is corruptible. The "true heart," as I interpret it, is the believer who has contained the divine within their religious beliefs. While the believer has pure intentions, the spirit (the gods perhaps) is contained and limited within the conceptions of the human mind.