I think this song is about letting go of what material possessions we hold on to in this world and looking to what comes after death. It's definitely supposed to have an apocalyptic meaning behind it. The great universal coma is the complete extinction of man. Everything being carved out by the Great Manipulator is a reference to how (from a christian perspective, not trying to offend any people who don't believe in christ) Satan has a foothold in mankind. Holding your hands upwards and around the eclipsing sun and it becoming empty and automatic is about those who call themselves Christians but just go through the motions and don't really believe. Just throwing it out there but the line "lets break out the shotguns we're going to town" could possibly be about getting rid of the stuff that is bringing us down and away from our relationship with God. User friendly grenades of course are non-existent, most likely a line directed at "the great manipulator" meaning that he is using friendliness and kindness to mask an evil intention. Basically the whole song is about how christianity has fallen from it's roots and become more of a religion than the relationship it started as and was for quite some time.
I think this song is about letting go of what material possessions we hold on to in this world and looking to what comes after death. It's definitely supposed to have an apocalyptic meaning behind it. The great universal coma is the complete extinction of man. Everything being carved out by the Great Manipulator is a reference to how (from a christian perspective, not trying to offend any people who don't believe in christ) Satan has a foothold in mankind. Holding your hands upwards and around the eclipsing sun and it becoming empty and automatic is about those who call themselves Christians but just go through the motions and don't really believe. Just throwing it out there but the line "lets break out the shotguns we're going to town" could possibly be about getting rid of the stuff that is bringing us down and away from our relationship with God. User friendly grenades of course are non-existent, most likely a line directed at "the great manipulator" meaning that he is using friendliness and kindness to mask an evil intention. Basically the whole song is about how christianity has fallen from it's roots and become more of a religion than the relationship it started as and was for quite some time.