Religious interpretations are definitely accurate, but I feel that all of Barnes' songs have to be viewed with a perspective that includes mental illness. Enemy Gene and Gronlandic Edic, especially.
The Enemy Gene is the bipolar disorder from which he suffers. He literally has a gene that makes him an enemy to himself and those he loves. He can't trust his fractious heart because he knows the bipolar will make him betray everyone, repeatedly.
Religious interpretations are definitely accurate, but I feel that all of Barnes' songs have to be viewed with a perspective that includes mental illness. Enemy Gene and Gronlandic Edic, especially.
The Enemy Gene is the bipolar disorder from which he suffers. He literally has a gene that makes him an enemy to himself and those he loves. He can't trust his fractious heart because he knows the bipolar will make him betray everyone, repeatedly.