Yeah, they say there's a place free of trouble and care (heaven)
And you have to pass a test for to make it there (life)
It has something to do with the road that's straight and narrow
And the only way to go it is by being right and thorough (christian (religious) life)
He's explaining a christian view on life in an ironic way.
Then in the end he sais how he really sees it;
You can play by the rules or bend them to your knees
But the test isn't over til you reach your dark eternal sleep
There are no absolutes, no big wheels in the sky
You don't have to be first, just gotta somehow get by
Not sure about the first two lines but the last two are pretty clear: there is no god, you just need to live your life
This song is all about how building your morality on the concept of an afterlife robs life of it's beauty and turns it into a cruel test. My favorite verse is
This song is all about how building your morality on the concept of an afterlife robs life of it's beauty and turns it into a cruel test. My favorite verse is
"Often times we may be wonder what we're supposed to do
Stand and deliver or see the conflict through
And as we long and proceed to build our castles in the sky
Our plans get confounded and determination dies"
"Often times we may be wonder what we're supposed to do
Stand and deliver or see the conflict through
And as we long and proceed to build our castles in the sky
Our plans get confounded and determination dies"
To me it pretty much sums up the confusion caused by faith.
To me it pretty much sums up the confusion caused by faith.
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Yeah, they say there's a place free of trouble and care (heaven) And you have to pass a test for to make it there (life) It has something to do with the road that's straight and narrow
And the only way to go it is by being right and thorough (christian (religious) life)
He's explaining a christian view on life in an ironic way.
Then in the end he sais how he really sees it;
You can play by the rules or bend them to your knees But the test isn't over til you reach your dark eternal sleep There are no absolutes, no big wheels in the sky You don't have to be first, just gotta somehow get by
Not sure about the first two lines but the last two are pretty clear: there is no god, you just need to live your life
This song is all about how building your morality on the concept of an afterlife robs life of it's beauty and turns it into a cruel test. My favorite verse is
This song is all about how building your morality on the concept of an afterlife robs life of it's beauty and turns it into a cruel test. My favorite verse is
"Often times we may be wonder what we're supposed to do Stand and deliver or see the conflict through And as we long and proceed to build our castles in the sky Our plans get confounded and determination dies"
"Often times we may be wonder what we're supposed to do Stand and deliver or see the conflict through And as we long and proceed to build our castles in the sky Our plans get confounded and determination dies"
To me it pretty much sums up the confusion caused by faith.
To me it pretty much sums up the confusion caused by faith.