Possibly. But not every song Sufjan writes or records is about Jesus. (And, as Captain Obvious would say, this is a cover.)
As WheresPoochie pointed out in their analysis, it's all in the arrangement.
It's about love, death, fear, glory, all those things, I think. And a truly remarkable composition to boot, complete (and replete) with one of the most literally awesome codas in modern rock music.
Possibly. But not every song Sufjan writes or records is about Jesus. (And, as Captain Obvious would say, this is a cover.)
As WheresPoochie pointed out in their analysis, it's all in the arrangement.
It's about love, death, fear, glory, all those things, I think. And a truly remarkable composition to boot, complete (and replete) with one of the most literally awesome codas in modern rock music.