To me, this song is an obvious interpretation of the last days of this world. This song makes me think about the rest of the album. The whole thing is based on the concept of love, and humans needing one another to live at all. As well as living with other people, and love, you will also go down with these things.
Revelation 6:8 from the bible reads, "And I looked, and behold a pale horse and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with a sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with beasts of the earth."
Essentially, the end of the world is going to happen for the sole purpose of getting rid of the violence, hatred, and the wrong doings of all humans. This is why "It's such a strange celebration." In a sense it's a happy thing because evil is being wiped from the face of the earth, but also strange because you shouldn't celebrate death...
Tom always says that violence is never the answer, and love is one of the most powerful things we are given.
Conclusion, I think that Tom has mixed feelings of the idea of ending the world. I think he writes this song to say, "Yeah, it's a good thing that evil is being taken away, but why does it have to be done like this?" A good majority of his songs are based on love, why not use it instead of violence?
"Fighting violence with violence creates violence." - Tom Delonge
To me, this song is an obvious interpretation of the last days of this world. This song makes me think about the rest of the album. The whole thing is based on the concept of love, and humans needing one another to live at all. As well as living with other people, and love, you will also go down with these things.
Revelation 6:8 from the bible reads, "And I looked, and behold a pale horse and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with a sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with beasts of the earth."
Essentially, the end of the world is going to happen for the sole purpose of getting rid of the violence, hatred, and the wrong doings of all humans. This is why "It's such a strange celebration." In a sense it's a happy thing because evil is being wiped from the face of the earth, but also strange because you shouldn't celebrate death...
Tom always says that violence is never the answer, and love is one of the most powerful things we are given.
Conclusion, I think that Tom has mixed feelings of the idea of ending the world. I think he writes this song to say, "Yeah, it's a good thing that evil is being taken away, but why does it have to be done like this?" A good majority of his songs are based on love, why not use it instead of violence?
"Fighting violence with violence creates violence." - Tom Delonge