Beautiful Song. As mentioned in the press release, it's about the Apocalypse / end of the world, but I also interpret it as Sufjan's struggle with the choice between his faith and the things / ways of the world (the people bowing and praying to the neon gods they made). The theme of the song I believe is stated in the refrain near the end "When the world's come and gone shall we follow our transgressions or shall we stand strong?". I wrote a more in-depth interpretation about the song here: http://musicforants.com/blog/?p=5216
Beautiful Song. As mentioned in the press release, it's about the Apocalypse / end of the world, but I also interpret it as Sufjan's struggle with the choice between his faith and the things / ways of the world (the people bowing and praying to the neon gods they made). The theme of the song I believe is stated in the refrain near the end "When the world's come and gone shall we follow our transgressions or shall we stand strong?". I wrote a more in-depth interpretation about the song here: http://musicforants.com/blog/?p=5216