I think this song is about religion. Many Christians who look down on atheists, ("I'm looking at a face, a pointed chin towards the sky, an arrogance"), in my experience, are not very virtuous people themselves at all - racist, homophobic, intolerant ("It easily betrays the closest friend, no moment lost, no consequence"). Even if you are religious yourself and are unlike these people, they may paint a bad image of religion to you and you draw further away from it ("The circle starts again, away from you"). But people will always use scare tactics to force you into it ("Deception pulls us in").
This song IMO also references the Bible and the belief that Jesus' words were twisted ("An imitation, a fabrication, a pretty fake, a counterfeit"). It isn't to be taken literally, "God didn't write the Bible" ("An empty carcass behind the artist, is there a trace of innocence?").
Something I've noticed about people who have criticized me themselves try to ignore parts of their belief system that do not necessarily fit their agenda ("A ruse is brought, the truth is bent. And much to our dismay, they're ignorant. The more that we make up, the more it fits").
I think this song is about religion. Many Christians who look down on atheists, ("I'm looking at a face, a pointed chin towards the sky, an arrogance"), in my experience, are not very virtuous people themselves at all - racist, homophobic, intolerant ("It easily betrays the closest friend, no moment lost, no consequence"). Even if you are religious yourself and are unlike these people, they may paint a bad image of religion to you and you draw further away from it ("The circle starts again, away from you"). But people will always use scare tactics to force you into it ("Deception pulls us in").
This song IMO also references the Bible and the belief that Jesus' words were twisted ("An imitation, a fabrication, a pretty fake, a counterfeit"). It isn't to be taken literally, "God didn't write the Bible" ("An empty carcass behind the artist, is there a trace of innocence?").
Something I've noticed about people who have criticized me themselves try to ignore parts of their belief system that do not necessarily fit their agenda ("A ruse is brought, the truth is bent. And much to our dismay, they're ignorant. The more that we make up, the more it fits").