I think this song is about growing up having religion forced upon you and having the church's beliefs carved into you like a stone. But as the song progresses it seems like the narrator loses his faith and realizes that the clergy are the ones "made of stone".
"I'll wear the crown if you say that it fits
You say my head has grown but it fits through the door"-- not agreeing w/ the church but going along w/ it
"Yeah they would stone me in my sleep
I learned to stare the way that he did
The way that Jesus watched his sheep
I do this to breathe into the choir" -- 'they' referring to the church/clergy imposing their beliefs onto him
I think this song is about growing up having religion forced upon you and having the church's beliefs carved into you like a stone. But as the song progresses it seems like the narrator loses his faith and realizes that the clergy are the ones "made of stone".
"I'll wear the crown if you say that it fits You say my head has grown but it fits through the door"-- not agreeing w/ the church but going along w/ it
"Yeah they would stone me in my sleep I learned to stare the way that he did The way that Jesus watched his sheep I do this to breathe into the choir" -- 'they' referring to the church/clergy imposing their beliefs onto him