this song is about the very concept of religion corrupting and destroying people
the first three verses are about how religion convinces people that the only reason for life is to reach the afterlife, so people live their lives waiting for a 'ship thats not comming back'
the song is told from the point of view of a non-believer who thinks that life has no point.
the final verse is the most important. the evil that religion speaks of is the very act of worrying about the afterlife. the most optimistic line of the song is 'now I am just nothing, now thats just what ive become'. by spending your life worrying and searching for something to believe and make you feel better about your life, you take the meaning out of life. the line implies that life HAS meaning to begin with.
the song suggests that living just to breathe is all the meaning one needs
seems optimistic enough for me
this song is about the very concept of religion corrupting and destroying people the first three verses are about how religion convinces people that the only reason for life is to reach the afterlife, so people live their lives waiting for a 'ship thats not comming back' the song is told from the point of view of a non-believer who thinks that life has no point.
the final verse is the most important. the evil that religion speaks of is the very act of worrying about the afterlife. the most optimistic line of the song is 'now I am just nothing, now thats just what ive become'. by spending your life worrying and searching for something to believe and make you feel better about your life, you take the meaning out of life. the line implies that life HAS meaning to begin with. the song suggests that living just to breathe is all the meaning one needs seems optimistic enough for me