This song is about materialism.
It's not against capitalism(which is a beautiful thing), but against the constant drive to get more. The cutthroats in big business who do whatever it takes to get more money. Those whose life is driven by obtaining more and more. The obsession with sex, shiny new toys, big city. Foreman's obviously bored with all this because it's hollow and temporal. Yet Foreman knows that he to falls prey to materialism, so he's pleading with God to save him from himself and focus his eyes on eternity rather than the temporal earth which should never be our home.
This song is about materialism. It's not against capitalism(which is a beautiful thing), but against the constant drive to get more. The cutthroats in big business who do whatever it takes to get more money. Those whose life is driven by obtaining more and more. The obsession with sex, shiny new toys, big city. Foreman's obviously bored with all this because it's hollow and temporal. Yet Foreman knows that he to falls prey to materialism, so he's pleading with God to save him from himself and focus his eyes on eternity rather than the temporal earth which should never be our home.