I think this song is about tearing down old idols to create new ones. Death & re-birth.
I have heard people make all kinds of very detailed interpretations about destruction of Christianity & the church and so forth and all kinds of references to Nietzsche, but I don't know that it's even that specific.
The whole album this is from is very theatrical and probably purposely quite vague & symbolic, so it sort of defies exact interpretation anyway. Maybe the band have explained things more in interviews or something that I simply have not seen, but I think I prefer not knowing every detail anyway, mystery is half the fun.
I think this song is about tearing down old idols to create new ones. Death & re-birth.
I have heard people make all kinds of very detailed interpretations about destruction of Christianity & the church and so forth and all kinds of references to Nietzsche, but I don't know that it's even that specific.
The whole album this is from is very theatrical and probably purposely quite vague & symbolic, so it sort of defies exact interpretation anyway. Maybe the band have explained things more in interviews or something that I simply have not seen, but I think I prefer not knowing every detail anyway, mystery is half the fun.