This song, among many others is very anti religious. It's critical of the 12-step program, as others said, so I won't get into that. But it's very clearly a criticism of that as well as those who blindly follow religion. "We speak in tongues" is obviously about the religious crazy people who "speak in tongues" at church and whatnot.
The first verse is all sarcastic, he's facetiously saying that the religious program works. Then all the "Fuck your faith" express his real anger and frustration with organized religion.
"There's no hope for us... blacker than the sun, no death can touch the crooked young" is the only lyric where it's not explicitly obvious what he's talking about. I think he means that those people who blindly believe and put their faith in something invisible or fake are lost with no hope. He refers to them as "the crooked young", because it's often the younger religious individuals who are the most fervent, and that makes them the most sad and terrifying. "Blacker than the sun" probably is just referring to their hearts and morals and how they do and preach such immoral hate.
I honestly don't see how anyone could possibly think Oli is religious, not if you look at all his lyrics and give a cursory listen or read to his many interviews.
This song, among many others is very anti religious. It's critical of the 12-step program, as others said, so I won't get into that. But it's very clearly a criticism of that as well as those who blindly follow religion. "We speak in tongues" is obviously about the religious crazy people who "speak in tongues" at church and whatnot.
The first verse is all sarcastic, he's facetiously saying that the religious program works. Then all the "Fuck your faith" express his real anger and frustration with organized religion.
"There's no hope for us... blacker than the sun, no death can touch the crooked young" is the only lyric where it's not explicitly obvious what he's talking about. I think he means that those people who blindly believe and put their faith in something invisible or fake are lost with no hope. He refers to them as "the crooked young", because it's often the younger religious individuals who are the most fervent, and that makes them the most sad and terrifying. "Blacker than the sun" probably is just referring to their hearts and morals and how they do and preach such immoral hate.
I honestly don't see how anyone could possibly think Oli is religious, not if you look at all his lyrics and give a cursory listen or read to his many interviews.