I believe the meaning of this song is simple: how screwed up society has become; even religion. The song starts off with him telling how he regrets what he's done, and how even though he knows it, without god he's still digging his hole deeper and deeper. He basically says to look to the sky, or God, for help. Not man. He tells fellow christians not to conform to society and to "encourage elements of God", or in other words, do what Jesus would do, not what man would do (Rather than the jars that contain them). Then he's almost drawing an element from transcendentalism about all man having a part of god within us all. Once again again he looks and comments on the corruption of society and how we feed off the misfortunes of others and somehow gain strength from them. He goes on to say "this is vision, not contradiction", which I believe means he basically is calling it as he sees it, and it's just an opinion of his. Finally he talks about the corruption in the religions. "I see greed in the face of a priest". Basically he's saying that even the people who are supposed to be the righteous ones, above all of his, are still sucked into worldly desires. Because of this, the church is slowing eroding itself. Now, society has also taken what we know to be inately wrong, and said it's perfectly acceptable. This is also showing how glory has been morphed from it's pure, true form, into something that best suits society; a corrupt glory, if you will. The song closes by restating that should all look up to god for our help.
This is just my interpretation. Believe what you want.
I believe the meaning of this song is simple: how screwed up society has become; even religion. The song starts off with him telling how he regrets what he's done, and how even though he knows it, without god he's still digging his hole deeper and deeper. He basically says to look to the sky, or God, for help. Not man. He tells fellow christians not to conform to society and to "encourage elements of God", or in other words, do what Jesus would do, not what man would do (Rather than the jars that contain them). Then he's almost drawing an element from transcendentalism about all man having a part of god within us all. Once again again he looks and comments on the corruption of society and how we feed off the misfortunes of others and somehow gain strength from them. He goes on to say "this is vision, not contradiction", which I believe means he basically is calling it as he sees it, and it's just an opinion of his. Finally he talks about the corruption in the religions. "I see greed in the face of a priest". Basically he's saying that even the people who are supposed to be the righteous ones, above all of his, are still sucked into worldly desires. Because of this, the church is slowing eroding itself. Now, society has also taken what we know to be inately wrong, and said it's perfectly acceptable. This is also showing how glory has been morphed from it's pure, true form, into something that best suits society; a corrupt glory, if you will. The song closes by restating that should all look up to god for our help. This is just my interpretation. Believe what you want.