This song is at least partially about religion. "We're all fighting frowning old in the hopes of a few minutes more" means everyone is afraid of death. "So get, get on St. Peter's list" so joint a religion and get right with God "but you need to lower your standards, cause it's never getting any better than this" there is no paradise when we die, this is all we get, so stop wasting it looking forward to nothing. Lower your standards so you can enjoy the short life you have
They also have the imagery of a little white church in the middle of the desert getting burned.
I personally think Courtney's verses are about religion as well. The blonde in the song could be a metaphor for religion: she uses love as a weapon, gets in people's hearts, pulls the pin and starts things like war, terrorism and other acts of violence. Courtney's 1st and 3rd verses talk about the acts from an outside perspective: she's angry about it.
Patrick's verses might be talking about the effects of religion on a personal level. At first he's talking about the deception too, calling it a bad poem or off key anthem. In his second verse he could either be talking about the way religion impacts people or the way religious people react to their religion being called out for its flaws. They don't want to hear it, "our guts can't be reworked".
This song is at least partially about religion. "We're all fighting frowning old in the hopes of a few minutes more" means everyone is afraid of death. "So get, get on St. Peter's list" so joint a religion and get right with God "but you need to lower your standards, cause it's never getting any better than this" there is no paradise when we die, this is all we get, so stop wasting it looking forward to nothing. Lower your standards so you can enjoy the short life you have They also have the imagery of a little white church in the middle of the desert getting burned. I personally think Courtney's verses are about religion as well. The blonde in the song could be a metaphor for religion: she uses love as a weapon, gets in people's hearts, pulls the pin and starts things like war, terrorism and other acts of violence. Courtney's 1st and 3rd verses talk about the acts from an outside perspective: she's angry about it. Patrick's verses might be talking about the effects of religion on a personal level. At first he's talking about the deception too, calling it a bad poem or off key anthem. In his second verse he could either be talking about the way religion impacts people or the way religious people react to their religion being called out for its flaws. They don't want to hear it, "our guts can't be reworked".