I do think the lyrics are about religion but I'm not sure it's a pessimistic view on it, maybe a pessimistic view on how people exploit it but not the idea itself. The last three people did a good job at explaining the lyrics but in the music video the artist is letting people sacrifice themselves to become part of his artwork but he obviously starts to have mixed feelings about the girl in the red dress and he turns away when she starts running for the painting. An artist is a creator a lot like most gods in most books, the artist would resemble god and the girl in the red dress would resemble jesus, when he sacrificed himself god turned away just like the artist did with the girl in the red dress. Not saying they're Christians but I don't think they are against the idea, they're an art rock band and a lot of art was inspired from the bible, in "a robot with human hair pt 3" they had a robot Noah with a space boat, i think they are just good at finding ways to express they're deep opinions in creative ways.
I do think the lyrics are about religion but I'm not sure it's a pessimistic view on it, maybe a pessimistic view on how people exploit it but not the idea itself. The last three people did a good job at explaining the lyrics but in the music video the artist is letting people sacrifice themselves to become part of his artwork but he obviously starts to have mixed feelings about the girl in the red dress and he turns away when she starts running for the painting. An artist is a creator a lot like most gods in most books, the artist would resemble god and the girl in the red dress would resemble jesus, when he sacrificed himself god turned away just like the artist did with the girl in the red dress. Not saying they're Christians but I don't think they are against the idea, they're an art rock band and a lot of art was inspired from the bible, in "a robot with human hair pt 3" they had a robot Noah with a space boat, i think they are just good at finding ways to express they're deep opinions in creative ways.