I love it. I basically agree with tugboat! But I like what harvardlawlz said too.
The song seems to be about how the world has so many bad things in it, along with the good things. Faith in a god is supposed to be positive and optimistic, and the god is supposed to be good. The faith is in that everything happens for a reason, for the larger good. But the hope that religion brings doesn't help anything in the big picture, and in fact, it causes some violence as opposed to being positive all the time ("You give us hope and give us strife," "You give us strength and make us fight," "You lift us up then let us down"). The overall message of the song, I think, is basically a wondering of how a supposedly good god could let such horrible things happen to the everyday people that He (for convention) created and loves and cares for. If you believe in God and in fate and in a larger plan, I imagine that it's hard to see all the suffering and death and misery and starvation and oppression and murder and hate and prejudice in the world and not have that faith waver. You'd think that all that would be minimal. Instead, you see people killing and hurting others, sometimes in the name of God.
I love it. I basically agree with tugboat! But I like what harvardlawlz said too.
The song seems to be about how the world has so many bad things in it, along with the good things. Faith in a god is supposed to be positive and optimistic, and the god is supposed to be good. The faith is in that everything happens for a reason, for the larger good. But the hope that religion brings doesn't help anything in the big picture, and in fact, it causes some violence as opposed to being positive all the time ("You give us hope and give us strife," "You give us strength and make us fight," "You lift us up then let us down"). The overall message of the song, I think, is basically a wondering of how a supposedly good god could let such horrible things happen to the everyday people that He (for convention) created and loves and cares for. If you believe in God and in fate and in a larger plan, I imagine that it's hard to see all the suffering and death and misery and starvation and oppression and murder and hate and prejudice in the world and not have that faith waver. You'd think that all that would be minimal. Instead, you see people killing and hurting others, sometimes in the name of God.