I think it's pretty clear this is about Atheism and I suppose being it's a song you could kind of extrapolate a little bit farther and pull out the concept of anybody trying to push their thoughts and beliefs regarding whatever on anybody else. Seems to me the song focuses on religion but it can certainly apply to any exchange of ideas and how it seems sometimes we have no choice to buy into those "Selling us water by the river" and the unfairness it can bring when we don't buy into it but publicly acknowledging we don't gets us looked at different and/or passed behind.
I think it's pretty clear this is about Atheism and I suppose being it's a song you could kind of extrapolate a little bit farther and pull out the concept of anybody trying to push their thoughts and beliefs regarding whatever on anybody else. Seems to me the song focuses on religion but it can certainly apply to any exchange of ideas and how it seems sometimes we have no choice to buy into those "Selling us water by the river" and the unfairness it can bring when we don't buy into it but publicly acknowledging we don't gets us looked at different and/or passed behind.