I don't think this has much of a true interpretation besides the obvious Bible references and the lines "All you people hide your faces. All you people in the street."
However, this is my interpretation of the lyrics:
Moses stood up to Pharaoh, even though there was going to be consequences.
"Holy Moses met the Pharaoh
Yeah, he tried to set him straight
Looked him in the eye,
'Let my people go!'"
He went to the mountain and got the Ten Commandments, but broke it in anger, after seeing the idol that the people had made while he was gone.
"Holy Moses on the mountain
High above the golden calf
Went to get the Ten Commandments
Yeah, he's just gonna break 'em in half!"
A metaphor for the people being punished afterward.
"The pieces gonna fall on you"
They mocked Noah for building the ark, but it didn't dissuade him from continuing his work.
"No one ever spoke to Noah,
They all laughed at him instead
Workin' on his ark,
Workin' all by himself"
He took his family with him on the ark to be safe from the flood.
Some of his family's descendants eventually became the Israelites.
"Only Noah saw it comin',
Forty days and forty nights,
Took his sons and daughters with him,
Yeah, they were the Israelites!"
The people who weren't on the ark were wiped out by the flood.
"The rain's gonna fall on you"
A lot of the people are embarrassed and afraid to let others know that they are followers of God(e.g. Peter denying Jesus), and a lot of the denominations keep to themselves and don't try to reach out to the others everywhere and be a community of Christians, undivided.
"Holy Father, what's the matter?
Where have all your children gone?
Sittin' in the dark,
Livin' all by themselves,
You don't have to hide anymore!"
Most 'followers' of God don't have the courage and vigor that those such as Moses and Noah had, thus the "zombies" part.
Eventually, it's all going to fall on them for doing nothing.
"All you zombies show your faces,
(I see you out there!)
All you people in the street,
(Let's see you!)
All you sittin in high places,
It's all gonna fall on you!"
I don't think this has much of a true interpretation besides the obvious Bible references and the lines "All you people hide your faces. All you people in the street."
However, this is my interpretation of the lyrics:
Moses stood up to Pharaoh, even though there was going to be consequences. "Holy Moses met the Pharaoh Yeah, he tried to set him straight Looked him in the eye, 'Let my people go!'"
He went to the mountain and got the Ten Commandments, but broke it in anger, after seeing the idol that the people had made while he was gone. "Holy Moses on the mountain High above the golden calf Went to get the Ten Commandments Yeah, he's just gonna break 'em in half!"
A metaphor for the people being punished afterward. "The pieces gonna fall on you"
They mocked Noah for building the ark, but it didn't dissuade him from continuing his work. "No one ever spoke to Noah, They all laughed at him instead Workin' on his ark, Workin' all by himself"
He took his family with him on the ark to be safe from the flood. Some of his family's descendants eventually became the Israelites. "Only Noah saw it comin', Forty days and forty nights, Took his sons and daughters with him, Yeah, they were the Israelites!"
The people who weren't on the ark were wiped out by the flood. "The rain's gonna fall on you"
A lot of the people are embarrassed and afraid to let others know that they are followers of God(e.g. Peter denying Jesus), and a lot of the denominations keep to themselves and don't try to reach out to the others everywhere and be a community of Christians, undivided. "Holy Father, what's the matter? Where have all your children gone? Sittin' in the dark, Livin' all by themselves, You don't have to hide anymore!"
Most 'followers' of God don't have the courage and vigor that those such as Moses and Noah had, thus the "zombies" part. Eventually, it's all going to fall on them for doing nothing. "All you zombies show your faces, (I see you out there!) All you people in the street, (Let's see you!) All you sittin in high places, It's all gonna fall on you!"