I think it is about a man who has fought in a war, not a specific war, but a fairly modern one.
It was a war based on religious reasons or beliefs (as wars often are) which explains why he finds a place without religion because it has given him so much pain and has watched terrible things happen in the name of religion.
I can imagine him sitting at a cafe, after the war, or at least in a Country away from the war (maybe he has fled his country), and staring out of the window, remebering life before the war, smiling at the moon because he does not trust humans anymore after what he has seen, and knowing that he can trust her to always be there.
His ascension is him losing track of time and the things around him, and thinking of this and that.
He believes he shares a likeness with the moon in that they both are alone and don't need religion.
The stains trying to cover for each other seems to me to talk about how he tries to cover over the truth with lies but then he needs to lie more and more to cover those up because he does not want to tell others of what he has seen.And wants to blend in with the pattern (normal people).
Good is better than perfect is his conclusion that there is no such thing as perfect, a perfect world or race or whatever he was told he was fighting for.
He cries over what he saw, when at the time he told others not to cry about it.
And he remembers when he was young, before the war, when he went to the bookstores and ripped out the pages and that was the worst thing he had done, but now he has killed in the name of religion. And at that time he had friends and family so he didn't share a lonesomeness with the moon so she was a stranger, he had never been alone enough to take much notice.
I think this song tells a sad story of a man cought in a conflict that fought in the name of religion and came to nothing but pain and suffering and how he tries to enter normal society but finds it difficult and tries to cover up his past experiences but is lonely and so spends most of his time remembering life before the suffering and also imagening a world without a reason to kill innocents.
I think it is about a man who has fought in a war, not a specific war, but a fairly modern one. It was a war based on religious reasons or beliefs (as wars often are) which explains why he finds a place without religion because it has given him so much pain and has watched terrible things happen in the name of religion. I can imagine him sitting at a cafe, after the war, or at least in a Country away from the war (maybe he has fled his country), and staring out of the window, remebering life before the war, smiling at the moon because he does not trust humans anymore after what he has seen, and knowing that he can trust her to always be there. His ascension is him losing track of time and the things around him, and thinking of this and that. He believes he shares a likeness with the moon in that they both are alone and don't need religion. The stains trying to cover for each other seems to me to talk about how he tries to cover over the truth with lies but then he needs to lie more and more to cover those up because he does not want to tell others of what he has seen.And wants to blend in with the pattern (normal people). Good is better than perfect is his conclusion that there is no such thing as perfect, a perfect world or race or whatever he was told he was fighting for. He cries over what he saw, when at the time he told others not to cry about it. And he remembers when he was young, before the war, when he went to the bookstores and ripped out the pages and that was the worst thing he had done, but now he has killed in the name of religion. And at that time he had friends and family so he didn't share a lonesomeness with the moon so she was a stranger, he had never been alone enough to take much notice. I think this song tells a sad story of a man cought in a conflict that fought in the name of religion and came to nothing but pain and suffering and how he tries to enter normal society but finds it difficult and tries to cover up his past experiences but is lonely and so spends most of his time remembering life before the suffering and also imagening a world without a reason to kill innocents.