I actually find some of the lines in the song a bit anti-religous. He's obviously singing the song from the perspective of someone who believes in God, but it almost sounds a little satirical, like he's criticizing himself.
I actually find some of the lines in the song a bit anti-religous. He's obviously singing the song from the perspective of someone who believes in God, but it almost sounds a little satirical, like he's criticizing himself.
"There's blood on my hands, but the killers not my enemy.
It's all for the sake of love, It's all for you. "
"There's blood on my hands, but the killers not my enemy.
It's all for the sake of love, It's all for you. "
It sounds a lot like he's committing an act which he himself considers wrong ("the killer is not my enemy", perhaps indicating that the killer is himself), but he quickly ascertains that it's an act of love in...
It sounds a lot like he's committing an act which he himself considers wrong ("the killer is not my enemy", perhaps indicating that the killer is himself), but he quickly ascertains that it's an act of love in God's eyes, which he uses to convince himself to follow through with the act.
(I.e. when God tells Abraham to kill his son.)
Then there's this line which kinda gives me the same message:
"When everything is beautiful, when everything's OK.
Even if it's not OK I'll say It's all for you."
Even if he thinks that what's going on and what he's doing is not OK, he'll still accept it, because it's for God's sake.
"These words that I'm writing wont be misunderstood"
Just a little note on this line. I think of the ones who wrote the bible when I hear this. It's like he's impersonating them, saying "There's no need to worry for me what I write down, people won't take these words the wrong way." and evidently, there is a lot of people who use the bible to explain their acts of hate, possibly having misinterpreted words in it.
The more I look into it, the more I think of the song as anti-religious :S
I think it's about those who rely to much on God and their religion and blind themselves from what they truly believe.
The lyrics are so religious, it just makes me so fucking uncomfortable. That said, I still love the song. But ugh, the lyrics -__- :///
I actually find some of the lines in the song a bit anti-religous. He's obviously singing the song from the perspective of someone who believes in God, but it almost sounds a little satirical, like he's criticizing himself.
I actually find some of the lines in the song a bit anti-religous. He's obviously singing the song from the perspective of someone who believes in God, but it almost sounds a little satirical, like he's criticizing himself.
"There's blood on my hands, but the killers not my enemy. It's all for the sake of love, It's all for you. "
"There's blood on my hands, but the killers not my enemy. It's all for the sake of love, It's all for you. "
It sounds a lot like he's committing an act which he himself considers wrong ("the killer is not my enemy", perhaps indicating that the killer is himself), but he quickly ascertains that it's an act of love in...
It sounds a lot like he's committing an act which he himself considers wrong ("the killer is not my enemy", perhaps indicating that the killer is himself), but he quickly ascertains that it's an act of love in God's eyes, which he uses to convince himself to follow through with the act. (I.e. when God tells Abraham to kill his son.)
Then there's this line which kinda gives me the same message: "When everything is beautiful, when everything's OK. Even if it's not OK I'll say It's all for you."
Even if he thinks that what's going on and what he's doing is not OK, he'll still accept it, because it's for God's sake.
"These words that I'm writing wont be misunderstood" Just a little note on this line. I think of the ones who wrote the bible when I hear this. It's like he's impersonating them, saying "There's no need to worry for me what I write down, people won't take these words the wrong way." and evidently, there is a lot of people who use the bible to explain their acts of hate, possibly having misinterpreted words in it.
The more I look into it, the more I think of the song as anti-religious :S
I think it's about those who rely to much on God and their religion and blind themselves from what they truly believe.