A few of these words might be wrong, like maybe it's "scan" instead of "skim" in the third verse.
Anyway, a very entertaining song - the rhyming is really impressive, his composing is (as always) superb, and the vocals even give the song a little more depth than it would otherwise have (in particular, check out the crazed intensity in his voice on "It says right here I'm..." at the end of the third verse).
So far as I can tell, the song is sung from the perspective of a guy who has a gnawing suspicion that his significant other has been holding back their true feelings. Probably this other person just isn't that into him - they aren't gonna "shake their life" or "sell their kids" by any stretch - but he feels like there's something under the surface ("in their diaries") that's being artificially held back ("kid gloves"). He's also evidently a little full of himself, what with the talk of "giving the gift of light," which almost certainly isn't helping matters any. There's not a whole lot of deep meaning to take away from the song, I guess, cause everyone pretty much already knows not to be this guy, but Knopf just expresses this character so spot-on that it's really hard not to enjoy listening.
I think it's more of a religious thing. "God is in the things you love" "Be contrite and show repentance" "I'll give you the gift of light If you concede I'm Always right". He's saying that if you admit that a priest or God is always right you'll go to Heaven. He's saying that people you give up their own thoughts and emulate priests to "get to Heaven". It's from the narration of a religious figure with too much power basically. At least that's what I think.
I think it's more of a religious thing. "God is in the things you love" "Be contrite and show repentance" "I'll give you the gift of light If you concede I'm Always right". He's saying that if you admit that a priest or God is always right you'll go to Heaven. He's saying that people you give up their own thoughts and emulate priests to "get to Heaven". It's from the narration of a religious figure with too much power basically. At least that's what I think.
A few of these words might be wrong, like maybe it's "scan" instead of "skim" in the third verse.
Anyway, a very entertaining song - the rhyming is really impressive, his composing is (as always) superb, and the vocals even give the song a little more depth than it would otherwise have (in particular, check out the crazed intensity in his voice on "It says right here I'm..." at the end of the third verse).
So far as I can tell, the song is sung from the perspective of a guy who has a gnawing suspicion that his significant other has been holding back their true feelings. Probably this other person just isn't that into him - they aren't gonna "shake their life" or "sell their kids" by any stretch - but he feels like there's something under the surface ("in their diaries") that's being artificially held back ("kid gloves"). He's also evidently a little full of himself, what with the talk of "giving the gift of light," which almost certainly isn't helping matters any. There's not a whole lot of deep meaning to take away from the song, I guess, cause everyone pretty much already knows not to be this guy, but Knopf just expresses this character so spot-on that it's really hard not to enjoy listening.
I think it's more of a religious thing. "God is in the things you love" "Be contrite and show repentance" "I'll give you the gift of light If you concede I'm Always right". He's saying that if you admit that a priest or God is always right you'll go to Heaven. He's saying that people you give up their own thoughts and emulate priests to "get to Heaven". It's from the narration of a religious figure with too much power basically. At least that's what I think.
I think it's more of a religious thing. "God is in the things you love" "Be contrite and show repentance" "I'll give you the gift of light If you concede I'm Always right". He's saying that if you admit that a priest or God is always right you'll go to Heaven. He's saying that people you give up their own thoughts and emulate priests to "get to Heaven". It's from the narration of a religious figure with too much power basically. At least that's what I think.