I love this song, even though I am Christian.
The lyricism is clearly atheist or agnostic. I am not saying that the building itself is the true essence of the symbolism, I'm just saying that if you are religious, or spiritual person, you will eventually realize that supernatural forces exist, and that intelligence requires codes and keys [pun intended]. Intelligent design or God is within us. It's no use to look for it with physical eyes, it's spiritual, it requires faith. How many people come into the realization of God in their death bed...
Anyway, beautiful lyrics, and even better instrumentals, and probably my favorite song of the album as well, but I take it, entertainment for the uplifting vibe it provides. "Imagine" by John Lennon is very uplifting, but it's an atheist and/or agnostic song as well.
The reason why I believe so are the lines I find the most powerful of the song:
"Ever fearful of the answer" (what is the answer? So the artist claims to have it on the song? Although there's no credible authority)
"Or if these FICTIONS only prove
How much you've really got to lose" (The candle can also be a metaphor for the sparkle of life, as it fades, you're dying, only then you truly contemplate or not above your life on earth, and the "afterlife." But this is biased because saying that rather you realize if there is heaven or hell, or if it's just a product of our imagination should be mentioned in a way that is impartial. The message dismisses heaven or hell by calling it "fictions." And saying "how much you really got to lose" infers that physical life on earth as we know it is all there is.
"Such ambition never failing to amaze me" (here the message is making a mockery out of religion, because it sounds sarcastic.)
"Or just chemicals that help us understand
That when our hearts stop ticking
This is the end
And there's nothing past this" (Is this the answer? The idea and concept that the message wants to leave in the listeners mind is that after life there is nothing. So live your life for life itself. Whatever aspirations, remorse, and consequence you may ponder about start and end in this life. Thus implying that there is no God.)
This is why I think this song is atheist, and its lyrics should be taking with a grain of salt for they are infused with biased suggestion.
I love this song, even though I am Christian. The lyricism is clearly atheist or agnostic. I am not saying that the building itself is the true essence of the symbolism, I'm just saying that if you are religious, or spiritual person, you will eventually realize that supernatural forces exist, and that intelligence requires codes and keys [pun intended]. Intelligent design or God is within us. It's no use to look for it with physical eyes, it's spiritual, it requires faith. How many people come into the realization of God in their death bed...
Anyway, beautiful lyrics, and even better instrumentals, and probably my favorite song of the album as well, but I take it, entertainment for the uplifting vibe it provides. "Imagine" by John Lennon is very uplifting, but it's an atheist and/or agnostic song as well.
The reason why I believe so are the lines I find the most powerful of the song:
"Ever fearful of the answer" (what is the answer? So the artist claims to have it on the song? Although there's no credible authority)
"Or if these FICTIONS only prove How much you've really got to lose" (The candle can also be a metaphor for the sparkle of life, as it fades, you're dying, only then you truly contemplate or not above your life on earth, and the "afterlife." But this is biased because saying that rather you realize if there is heaven or hell, or if it's just a product of our imagination should be mentioned in a way that is impartial. The message dismisses heaven or hell by calling it "fictions." And saying "how much you really got to lose" infers that physical life on earth as we know it is all there is.
"Such ambition never failing to amaze me" (here the message is making a mockery out of religion, because it sounds sarcastic.)
"Or just chemicals that help us understand That when our hearts stop ticking This is the end And there's nothing past this" (Is this the answer? The idea and concept that the message wants to leave in the listeners mind is that after life there is nothing. So live your life for life itself. Whatever aspirations, remorse, and consequence you may ponder about start and end in this life. Thus implying that there is no God.)
This is why I think this song is atheist, and its lyrics should be taking with a grain of salt for they are infused with biased suggestion.