The first part is Tori angry at God for the misogyny of mainstream Christianity. She's defiant and angry. The second part ("why you always go when the wind blows?") is her revealing that there's more to it than just anger- she doesn't believe in God, but she sort of wishes she does, and it's upsetting to her that she doesn't see much evidence of it. The loud instruments cut out right when she says that bit, which indicates that she's showing her more personal thoughts beneath the bluster.
@Crane42 It's not just Christianity, but considering she grew up in a small town in North Carolina, I can certainly understand that Christianity would be the one that irritates her the most.
I don't believe in the supernatural, but that doesn't prevent me from being annoyed by the kind of things that religious people either promote (the right-wing ones) or just pretend isn't there (the relatively moderate ones).
@Crane42 It's not just Christianity, but considering she grew up in a small town in North Carolina, I can certainly understand that Christianity would be the one that irritates her the most.
I don't believe in the supernatural, but that doesn't prevent me from being annoyed by the kind of things that religious people either promote (the right-wing ones) or just pretend isn't there (the relatively moderate ones).
The God character in the Bible has always struck me as a real jerk. People like to pretend that Jesus (either the character or the historical person) was an unquestionably wonderful...
The God character in the Bible has always struck me as a real jerk. People like to pretend that Jesus (either the character or the historical person) was an unquestionably wonderful guy, but the character depicted in the gospels reminds me of modern cult leaders (except for his insistence on a simple, non-materialistic lifestyle). People who claim to be prophets (which is all that he actually claimed — he did not claim to be a god (or the son of god, or the Messiah, or whatever) are usually rather narcissistic..."God talks to ME, and only I know what he wants us to do, so the only Godly people are MY followers." That sort of thing.
I think there's two parts to this song.
The first part is Tori angry at God for the misogyny of mainstream Christianity. She's defiant and angry. The second part ("why you always go when the wind blows?") is her revealing that there's more to it than just anger- she doesn't believe in God, but she sort of wishes she does, and it's upsetting to her that she doesn't see much evidence of it. The loud instruments cut out right when she says that bit, which indicates that she's showing her more personal thoughts beneath the bluster.
@Crane42 It's not just Christianity, but considering she grew up in a small town in North Carolina, I can certainly understand that Christianity would be the one that irritates her the most. I don't believe in the supernatural, but that doesn't prevent me from being annoyed by the kind of things that religious people either promote (the right-wing ones) or just pretend isn't there (the relatively moderate ones).
@Crane42 It's not just Christianity, but considering she grew up in a small town in North Carolina, I can certainly understand that Christianity would be the one that irritates her the most. I don't believe in the supernatural, but that doesn't prevent me from being annoyed by the kind of things that religious people either promote (the right-wing ones) or just pretend isn't there (the relatively moderate ones).
The God character in the Bible has always struck me as a real jerk. People like to pretend that Jesus (either the character or the historical person) was an unquestionably wonderful...
The God character in the Bible has always struck me as a real jerk. People like to pretend that Jesus (either the character or the historical person) was an unquestionably wonderful guy, but the character depicted in the gospels reminds me of modern cult leaders (except for his insistence on a simple, non-materialistic lifestyle). People who claim to be prophets (which is all that he actually claimed — he did not claim to be a god (or the son of god, or the Messiah, or whatever) are usually rather narcissistic..."God talks to ME, and only I know what he wants us to do, so the only Godly people are MY followers." That sort of thing.