This song is about confusion and depression. The overall tone of it is high pitched, hurry, stressed, and anxious. It has nothing to do with love for god, it's about apprehension. Beautifully, I'll add. He is depressed that someone could accept the cold heartless ways of Christianity. It's why its the forced that caused Saul to convert. It's why the "audience" has had enough human connection, "fire," and is ready for the cold one sided love of god, "ice."
It's why "And I, feeling older, pull off to the shoulder
And wonder, with my head in my hands, should I call my wife?" to tell her it's over is a question. It's why "Enough 'you and I'Enough of 'the fight'Enough of 'prevail' or 'walk in the light?'" is a question.
I think Will Sheff has some beef with god beyond the normal unnecessary questions like "does he exist?, why isn't he helping me, and is there a fucking heaven!?" I think he refuses to accept any god or religion because it detracts from human compassion and empathy.
Favorite part of the song.
And when the spacecraft came down
I was left on the ground
Will you keep me around
Will you help me survive
After my time?
The spacecraft is obviously Jesus coming to claim those who will be allowed to be angels in his kingdom, but Will disassociates himself with Jesus, calling him a spacecraft (superstition held up by vague accounts by lunatics). After the disassociation, the questions are clearly not to Jesus. They're to another human being. After all, after the second coming, Jesus isn't coming again. Finally, he's allowed to hold on to the fire, the warm of human compassion. :)
People are often confused about modern music about God. I mean they've been confused about religion for thousands of years, refusing to look at it through their perspective and constantly looking through the lens of who, ironically, praises them the most.
This song is about confusion and depression. The overall tone of it is high pitched, hurry, stressed, and anxious. It has nothing to do with love for god, it's about apprehension. Beautifully, I'll add. He is depressed that someone could accept the cold heartless ways of Christianity. It's why its the forced that caused Saul to convert. It's why the "audience" has had enough human connection, "fire," and is ready for the cold one sided love of god, "ice." It's why "And I, feeling older, pull off to the shoulder And wonder, with my head in my hands, should I call my wife?" to tell her it's over is a question. It's why "Enough 'you and I'Enough of 'the fight'Enough of 'prevail' or 'walk in the light?'" is a question.
I think Will Sheff has some beef with god beyond the normal unnecessary questions like "does he exist?, why isn't he helping me, and is there a fucking heaven!?" I think he refuses to accept any god or religion because it detracts from human compassion and empathy.
Favorite part of the song.
And when the spacecraft came down I was left on the ground Will you keep me around Will you help me survive After my time?
The spacecraft is obviously Jesus coming to claim those who will be allowed to be angels in his kingdom, but Will disassociates himself with Jesus, calling him a spacecraft (superstition held up by vague accounts by lunatics). After the disassociation, the questions are clearly not to Jesus. They're to another human being. After all, after the second coming, Jesus isn't coming again. Finally, he's allowed to hold on to the fire, the warm of human compassion. :)
People are often confused about modern music about God. I mean they've been confused about religion for thousands of years, refusing to look at it through their perspective and constantly looking through the lens of who, ironically, praises them the most.