Alice Cooper is a Christian. Without a thorough understanding of Christian theology you cannot make sense of any song on Brutal Planet or Dragontown.
The song has an obvious point: good works do not merit one salvation.
This means, you can be a good guy in the yes of this world, but if you do not have faith in Jesus Christ, then you are not reconciled with God. Being that even a good person is ultimately flawed, it's bad to rely upon one's own merits to attain salvation, as the protagonist in this song.
No mistake was made in heaven. He is in Hell, where he belongs, just as all of us do. Jesus Christ pays the penalty for us and atones for our sins so that we may not be damned...this is Cooper's obvious point.
Alice Cooper is a Christian. Without a thorough understanding of Christian theology you cannot make sense of any song on Brutal Planet or Dragontown.
The song has an obvious point: good works do not merit one salvation.
This means, you can be a good guy in the yes of this world, but if you do not have faith in Jesus Christ, then you are not reconciled with God. Being that even a good person is ultimately flawed, it's bad to rely upon one's own merits to attain salvation, as the protagonist in this song.
No mistake was made in heaven. He is in Hell, where he belongs, just as all of us do. Jesus Christ pays the penalty for us and atones for our sins so that we may not be damned...this is Cooper's obvious point.