As opposed to the spiritual The Scientist, GPASOYF is an agnostic song. See the reverse psychology of the Coldplay titles...TS being 'believing' is contradictory to the traditional Science/Religion wars/debates.
'...now when we work out where to draw the line
your guess is as good as mine...'
This is the essence of the song, as it's sung many times. In the end, all the atheists, deists, nihilist, anarchists, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Evangelicals etc et al have something of value to say, as it all tries to find the answer to the Time Immemorial (a glorious mission to find The Invisible One?/Crowded House/Neil Finn) question of whether there is a God. So in the end nobody really knows, & we all are AGNOSTIC: undecided/sitting on the fence to some degree.
The opening verse is about uncertainty, there are too many choices, human beings don't know which road to take, there's too much clutter in today's rat race capitalist society. The third verse is stating the infallible human insecurity/inferiority complex/loneliness, we always put ourselves down, we devalue our opinions for fear of rejection...so when one of us works it out, finds all the questions to life problems/mysteries/puzzles...we all want to know that answer...so please share it: long live bi-polar Ambivalent Agnosticism (ala John Lennon's Imagine)...sometimes believer, sometimes skeptic.
You make agnosticism sound so...well...simple and sweet. When you think about it, they have no home...not on the side of faith (in) or lack of faith. They roam the earth in constant doubt. When a person has faith in something (anything really) s/he is more apt to find and be at peace. Not sure what the song means, though.
You make agnosticism sound so...well...simple and sweet. When you think about it, they have no home...not on the side of faith (in) or lack of faith. They roam the earth in constant doubt. When a person has faith in something (anything really) s/he is more apt to find and be at peace. Not sure what the song means, though.
As opposed to the spiritual The Scientist, GPASOYF is an agnostic song. See the reverse psychology of the Coldplay titles...TS being 'believing' is contradictory to the traditional Science/Religion wars/debates.
'...now when we work out where to draw the line your guess is as good as mine...' This is the essence of the song, as it's sung many times. In the end, all the atheists, deists, nihilist, anarchists, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Evangelicals etc et al have something of value to say, as it all tries to find the answer to the Time Immemorial (a glorious mission to find The Invisible One?/Crowded House/Neil Finn) question of whether there is a God. So in the end nobody really knows, & we all are AGNOSTIC: undecided/sitting on the fence to some degree.
The opening verse is about uncertainty, there are too many choices, human beings don't know which road to take, there's too much clutter in today's rat race capitalist society. The third verse is stating the infallible human insecurity/inferiority complex/loneliness, we always put ourselves down, we devalue our opinions for fear of rejection...so when one of us works it out, finds all the questions to life problems/mysteries/puzzles...we all want to know that answer...so please share it: long live bi-polar Ambivalent Agnosticism (ala John Lennon's Imagine)...sometimes believer, sometimes skeptic.
You make agnosticism sound so...well...simple and sweet. When you think about it, they have no home...not on the side of faith (in) or lack of faith. They roam the earth in constant doubt. When a person has faith in something (anything really) s/he is more apt to find and be at peace. Not sure what the song means, though.
You make agnosticism sound so...well...simple and sweet. When you think about it, they have no home...not on the side of faith (in) or lack of faith. They roam the earth in constant doubt. When a person has faith in something (anything really) s/he is more apt to find and be at peace. Not sure what the song means, though.