I think it's about religious oppression. Religion does not want you to go outside and live the life you want, but always keeps you in check. "Well I know what's good exactly cause I have been there before" - not because some strange book or preacher tells me what's good and what's wrong in theory.
"You really want to hole up" - this is exactly what religious fundamentalists do. They don't care what's outside their religious circle, their religious friends and religious points of view. They just want to blindly believe that what their religion teaches is the best way. But the singer does not want this. The singer wants a true life experience which will become the standard by which good and wrong will stand.
And the final words, "I think I want to live my life and you're just in my way" show the final rebuttal in which the singer recognizes the religious threat and simply dismisses its constraints.
I think it's about religious oppression. Religion does not want you to go outside and live the life you want, but always keeps you in check. "Well I know what's good exactly cause I have been there before" - not because some strange book or preacher tells me what's good and what's wrong in theory.
"You really want to hole up" - this is exactly what religious fundamentalists do. They don't care what's outside their religious circle, their religious friends and religious points of view. They just want to blindly believe that what their religion teaches is the best way. But the singer does not want this. The singer wants a true life experience which will become the standard by which good and wrong will stand.
And the final words, "I think I want to live my life and you're just in my way" show the final rebuttal in which the singer recognizes the religious threat and simply dismisses its constraints.
Leave it to some religious nuts to vote you down.
Leave it to some religious nuts to vote you down.
I believe your interpretation is spot on. Not only with Jim Jones at the beginning of the song essentially praying for death, but also this video http://www.mtv.com/videos/cults/677819/go-outside-version-2.jhtml#artist=3863205 give all the credence to your thoughts.
I believe your interpretation is spot on. Not only with Jim Jones at the beginning of the song essentially praying for death, but also this video http://www.mtv.com/videos/cults/677819/go-outside-version-2.jhtml#artist=3863205 give all the credence to your thoughts.
For all you religious nuts, stay inside and die. The rest will go outside and stop to see the day.
For all you religious nuts, stay inside and die. The rest will go outside and stop to see the day.