Probably the best song off the album. I wasn't too content with this album's rhythm as a whole, but this is definitely a noteworthy song.
Although the message may seem obvious, I think it's important to cut it up and look into it:
"St Peter's cathedral
Built of granite
Ever fearful of the answer"
-People go to church in hopes of finding faith and trying to stay positive about what lies ahead after someone dies, but they still remain "ever fearful of the answer." There's no certainty that there is a God, or an afterlife, and people are afraid of this.
"When the candle in the tunnel
Is flickering and sputters
And fading faster
It's only then that you will know
What lies above or down below"
-Plain and simple. No one knows what happens to us in the afterlife until we're there, face to face with it.
"Or if these fictions only prove
How much you've really got to lose"
-A very risky and controversial remark, the speaker is claiming that the Bible is fiction, however, he does argue that the bible has the ability to make one appreciate life more. If you follow God, you have to not take anything for granted.
"At st Peter's cathedral
There is stained glass
There's a steeple that is reaching
Up towards the heavens
Such ambition never failing to amaze me"
-The speaker gets to the design of a church. So much effort put into it, that it's impossible not to be amazed by how much people believe in a God.
"It's either quite a master plan
Or just chemicals that help us understand"
-Now this here can go many ways. The master plan can either be: God created the world, and used his disappearance to test people's faith or churches obviously make a profit out of their attendants (so it's an evil master plan). The chemicals that help us understand are the belief that the world was created through science, and that's the best way to understand it. The master plan can also directly refer to the chemicals, as it would have to be a master plan to come up with all this reasoning to help deduce and understand the way the world works. However, in this case it seems that the speaker is leaning towards a "science is our creator" point of view as he later argues that there's nothing past life.
"That when our hearts stop ticking
This is the end
And there's nothing past this
There's nothing past this
There's nothing past this
There's nothing past this
There's nothing past this"
-Again a very existentialist idea. No god, no afterlife.
I think the point of the song is to not obsess with it, either way. The way I see it, "there's nothing pass it" can also mean there's nothing pass the after life. I think this song is saying "look, there may be something or not. Just stop spending so much time going crazy about it and live a little before you find out."
I think the point of the song is to not obsess with it, either way. The way I see it, "there's nothing pass it" can also mean there's nothing pass the after life. I think this song is saying "look, there may be something or not. Just stop spending so much time going crazy about it and live a little before you find out."
There's something I find interesting about this interpretation. First look at this line,
There's something I find interesting about this interpretation. First look at this line,
"Plain and simple. No one knows what happens to us in the afterlife until we're there, face to face with it."
"Plain and simple. No one knows what happens to us in the afterlife until we're there, face to face with it."
And then the last thing said,
And then the last thing said,
"Again a very existentialist idea. No god, no afterlife"
"Again a very existentialist idea. No god, no afterlife"
I know you're just interpreting the song, but to say that know one knows what happens and then making a bold statement saying there's is nothing strikes me as interesting.
I know you're just interpreting the song, but to say that know one knows what happens and then making a bold statement saying there's is nothing strikes me as interesting.
Probably the best song off the album. I wasn't too content with this album's rhythm as a whole, but this is definitely a noteworthy song.
Although the message may seem obvious, I think it's important to cut it up and look into it:
"St Peter's cathedral Built of granite Ever fearful of the answer" -People go to church in hopes of finding faith and trying to stay positive about what lies ahead after someone dies, but they still remain "ever fearful of the answer." There's no certainty that there is a God, or an afterlife, and people are afraid of this.
"When the candle in the tunnel Is flickering and sputters And fading faster It's only then that you will know What lies above or down below" -Plain and simple. No one knows what happens to us in the afterlife until we're there, face to face with it.
"Or if these fictions only prove How much you've really got to lose" -A very risky and controversial remark, the speaker is claiming that the Bible is fiction, however, he does argue that the bible has the ability to make one appreciate life more. If you follow God, you have to not take anything for granted.
"At st Peter's cathedral There is stained glass There's a steeple that is reaching Up towards the heavens Such ambition never failing to amaze me" -The speaker gets to the design of a church. So much effort put into it, that it's impossible not to be amazed by how much people believe in a God.
"It's either quite a master plan Or just chemicals that help us understand" -Now this here can go many ways. The master plan can either be: God created the world, and used his disappearance to test people's faith or churches obviously make a profit out of their attendants (so it's an evil master plan). The chemicals that help us understand are the belief that the world was created through science, and that's the best way to understand it. The master plan can also directly refer to the chemicals, as it would have to be a master plan to come up with all this reasoning to help deduce and understand the way the world works. However, in this case it seems that the speaker is leaning towards a "science is our creator" point of view as he later argues that there's nothing past life.
"That when our hearts stop ticking This is the end And there's nothing past this There's nothing past this There's nothing past this There's nothing past this There's nothing past this" -Again a very existentialist idea. No god, no afterlife.
I think the point of the song is to not obsess with it, either way. The way I see it, "there's nothing pass it" can also mean there's nothing pass the after life. I think this song is saying "look, there may be something or not. Just stop spending so much time going crazy about it and live a little before you find out."
I think the point of the song is to not obsess with it, either way. The way I see it, "there's nothing pass it" can also mean there's nothing pass the after life. I think this song is saying "look, there may be something or not. Just stop spending so much time going crazy about it and live a little before you find out."
There's something I find interesting about this interpretation. First look at this line,
There's something I find interesting about this interpretation. First look at this line,
"Plain and simple. No one knows what happens to us in the afterlife until we're there, face to face with it."
"Plain and simple. No one knows what happens to us in the afterlife until we're there, face to face with it."
And then the last thing said,
And then the last thing said,
"Again a very existentialist idea. No god, no afterlife"
"Again a very existentialist idea. No god, no afterlife"
I know you're just interpreting the song, but to say that know one knows what happens and then making a bold statement saying there's is nothing strikes me as interesting.
I know you're just interpreting the song, but to say that know one knows what happens and then making a bold statement saying there's is nothing strikes me as interesting.