I think the song is brilliantly writen!
Like gars92 says both of the voices are christians to my opinion..
The difference is that the girl is a follower from the catholic church
and the man sees beyond the traditions and rules the church has made them believe
(wich are nowhere to be found in the bible as a matter of fact)..
He thinks the girl shouldn't be wearing crosses or any other christian symbols
or what so over before she knows what they stand for.. before she knows what the church is basing itself on..
He thinks that she, like most people in those days, are blindfolded to see what is really going on, they are
blinded by might, greed, false believes and continue serving a deity who is long death...Not dead by the meaning
that God is dead but by the meaning that if what the church says to be real ( confessions of sins, payement to the
church to wipe away sins, handicaped people are damned, diseases are a punishment, bad harvest is because we deserve it,
war is by the hand of God etc) God wouldn't be a constant absolute power but a person who keeps playing with people,
doesn't love evereyone, takes sides in wars, want people to suffer, no real mercey because you regret but simply
because you have to monney to pay or pray endlessly to some saint etc.. So that can not be a true base of christianity
( read the bible for more details)
This is the reason he says that he even rather be a
pagan with fairytales up in his head then to believe that God is
like that and that this is the way He rules the world..
Theatre of tragedy wrote the song in early modern English used around the late 15th untill the early 16th century,
this why the entire subject of this song should be viewed from midievel believes..
Also in the song they refer to the word of Dante Alighieri who lived in Italy around the time christianity started
to been put into questioning. His work is named 'The Divine Comedy' as you find in the song
'This Divine Tragedy... This Divine Comedy'
The poem from Dante tells about the journey his immortal soul makes from hell to purgatory and heaven.
Wich is also the journey the soul makes towards God.
He named it ' The divine comedy' as a joke because comedies are suppose to end well and be happy..
this comedy was not.. there for the group used both the words tragedy as comedy in their lyrics..
The work of Dante really fits in to the song..
it has been an inspiration for anything related to christianity in the enteire medieval period.
I think the song is brilliantly writen! Like gars92 says both of the voices are christians to my opinion..
The difference is that the girl is a follower from the catholic church and the man sees beyond the traditions and rules the church has made them believe (wich are nowhere to be found in the bible as a matter of fact).. He thinks the girl shouldn't be wearing crosses or any other christian symbols or what so over before she knows what they stand for.. before she knows what the church is basing itself on.. He thinks that she, like most people in those days, are blindfolded to see what is really going on, they are blinded by might, greed, false believes and continue serving a deity who is long death...Not dead by the meaning that God is dead but by the meaning that if what the church says to be real ( confessions of sins, payement to the church to wipe away sins, handicaped people are damned, diseases are a punishment, bad harvest is because we deserve it, war is by the hand of God etc) God wouldn't be a constant absolute power but a person who keeps playing with people, doesn't love evereyone, takes sides in wars, want people to suffer, no real mercey because you regret but simply because you have to monney to pay or pray endlessly to some saint etc.. So that can not be a true base of christianity ( read the bible for more details)
This is the reason he says that he even rather be a pagan with fairytales up in his head then to believe that God is like that and that this is the way He rules the world..
Theatre of tragedy wrote the song in early modern English used around the late 15th untill the early 16th century, this why the entire subject of this song should be viewed from midievel believes.. Also in the song they refer to the word of Dante Alighieri who lived in Italy around the time christianity started to been put into questioning. His work is named 'The Divine Comedy' as you find in the song 'This Divine Tragedy... This Divine Comedy' The poem from Dante tells about the journey his immortal soul makes from hell to purgatory and heaven. Wich is also the journey the soul makes towards God. He named it ' The divine comedy' as a joke because comedies are suppose to end well and be happy.. this comedy was not.. there for the group used both the words tragedy as comedy in their lyrics.. The work of Dante really fits in to the song.. it has been an inspiration for anything related to christianity in the enteire medieval period.