He's asking God to either leave him alone, or be shallow and easy to get along with. He just want God to make a list for him of to-dos, rather than insist on the whole relationship that God wants to have with his children. He realizes that he doesn't always know right from wrong, that's what he means by "I don't know how to feel." Then when he says "Careful now, you'll hurt yourself" and "someone else" he's talking to himself I believe, saying "you don't know what you're asking for."
My favorite part is "when I don't know how to find myself in open air, where I'm all alone." He's talking about the confusing parts of religion "things that don't make sense." And the open air is something new to him, he's so used to shallow religion. At least that's what I see, and I relate mightily to this song.
He's asking God to either leave him alone, or be shallow and easy to get along with. He just want God to make a list for him of to-dos, rather than insist on the whole relationship that God wants to have with his children. He realizes that he doesn't always know right from wrong, that's what he means by "I don't know how to feel." Then when he says "Careful now, you'll hurt yourself" and "someone else" he's talking to himself I believe, saying "you don't know what you're asking for." My favorite part is "when I don't know how to find myself in open air, where I'm all alone." He's talking about the confusing parts of religion "things that don't make sense." And the open air is something new to him, he's so used to shallow religion. At least that's what I see, and I relate mightily to this song.