I don't think the song is necessarily about Jesus (or any God figure, for that matter). I think, symbolically, the song is just referring to someone who overcomes whatever obstacles he may be facing. The character in the song was being repressed by his life and he found a way to escape that. He was able to "fly" and be free. And then he was able to see the chains that were everywhere, and wanted people to be free like he was (he was enlightened to the fact that everyone goes through struggles). But people just kept putting him down and rejecting him (that would be the "faceless" people). And so now all that is seen of him is this "spot in the sky"... A figure that seems so high above them, so free. Something they can only admire from afar, because they aren't there with him. I'm not sure how to explain it. It's kind of like a legend, a thing that no one believes can really happen. Can they really break free like he did?
I can see where people make the connection to a God-like figure... People often say that until they found Jesus, they had never really been happy. They had never been "free".
I don't think the song is necessarily about Jesus (or any God figure, for that matter). I think, symbolically, the song is just referring to someone who overcomes whatever obstacles he may be facing. The character in the song was being repressed by his life and he found a way to escape that. He was able to "fly" and be free. And then he was able to see the chains that were everywhere, and wanted people to be free like he was (he was enlightened to the fact that everyone goes through struggles). But people just kept putting him down and rejecting him (that would be the "faceless" people). And so now all that is seen of him is this "spot in the sky"... A figure that seems so high above them, so free. Something they can only admire from afar, because they aren't there with him. I'm not sure how to explain it. It's kind of like a legend, a thing that no one believes can really happen. Can they really break free like he did?
I can see where people make the connection to a God-like figure... People often say that until they found Jesus, they had never really been happy. They had never been "free".