It's funny, although I can SEE how the subject matter can induce cynicism (maybe mildly expressed in the moniker of the traveling Brother Love), to me the song's always really been about a recognition of power - the power that "higher" human faith and emotion, (especially in a group setting) can have on its participants.
To me that's the genius of the song. It takes you there. Right into the tent, a ringside seat to the whole thing. It doesn't comment on it at all, it just reports the action.
It's funny, although I can SEE how the subject matter can induce cynicism (maybe mildly expressed in the moniker of the traveling Brother Love), to me the song's always really been about a recognition of power - the power that "higher" human faith and emotion, (especially in a group setting) can have on its participants.
To me that's the genius of the song. It takes you there. Right into the tent, a ringside seat to the whole thing. It doesn't comment on it at all, it just reports the action.