Different interpretation to consider: it sounds to me that a father (who has grown up beliving in a higher power, despite all the pain in the world) must decide whether to pass this belief on to his child. Instead, he encourages her to learn all she can in the world, so that she might one day save it. There will be no heavenly intervention, and everyone on earth must accept the blame.
BREAKDOWN:
"Dancing on the roof of some cartoon showroom"
Imagined an almighty god enjoying the animated world below him. All the many groups that worship him, despite their different religions and names that they cry. He's enjoying the attention, not intervening, just enjoying.
"Can't you hear their voices crying? Can't you hear their hearts breaking?"
The father shouting up to that god, why doesn't he intervent in world disasters if he created us? Shouldn't someone so powerful take care of us and love us?
"Their is only so much we can do, only so much can be shown to you. The rest is your choice."
The father says we can only destroy ourselves so many times with the free will you've given us. We can only offer so many graces, and blow up so many buildings for you. For how long we do this without your intervention is your choice to make. If there is, in fact a god up there.
with that background information, the plot comes together as follows.
"I'm gonna miss your ways - your sin, your smell, your smile. In an anxious attempt to let you know:"
A father thinking about her child's future after he passes away. What kind of legacy does he want to leave for her, before it's too late.
"When I close my eyes, I see two faces above me, one to my left, one to my right."
The father imagining himself as a child again, with parents who passed along their faith to him. One where they believe in a higher being that loves them, yet does not intervene when terrible things happen. even disasters that invoke god's name elicits no response. the cartoon showroom, again, is god's view of the world, and all the various things done in or against his name. The father cannot bring himself to pass this belief along to the future generation.
"I took you under my wings to shadow. It never did bother me to hide you from the light."
The father decides not to pass along his religion to his child. therefore, the child would technically be "damned", or shadowed from potential eternal life. The tone sounds sarcastic and joking, but who knows...maybe there is a god, and faith is required most importantly in the darkest times, as a test. How is he supposed to know? But he's made his decision - he cannot pass along his religion to his child.
so, instead of religion, he encourages the child to
"keep moving onward. run through that open door consuming knowledge - wormhole through times before."
learn as much about the world as you can, and cherish it, for the future must accept that there will be no heavenly intervention, and that they must accept the blame for destroying their world. the wormhole through times before comes together as all the written history past generations have left behind...what has benefitted us? what can we still improve upon? we need to move forward, and let go of antiquated beliefs. future generations must find a better way forward.
Different interpretation to consider: it sounds to me that a father (who has grown up beliving in a higher power, despite all the pain in the world) must decide whether to pass this belief on to his child. Instead, he encourages her to learn all she can in the world, so that she might one day save it. There will be no heavenly intervention, and everyone on earth must accept the blame.
BREAKDOWN:
"Dancing on the roof of some cartoon showroom" Imagined an almighty god enjoying the animated world below him. All the many groups that worship him, despite their different religions and names that they cry. He's enjoying the attention, not intervening, just enjoying.
"Can't you hear their voices crying? Can't you hear their hearts breaking?" The father shouting up to that god, why doesn't he intervent in world disasters if he created us? Shouldn't someone so powerful take care of us and love us?
"Their is only so much we can do, only so much can be shown to you. The rest is your choice." The father says we can only destroy ourselves so many times with the free will you've given us. We can only offer so many graces, and blow up so many buildings for you. For how long we do this without your intervention is your choice to make. If there is, in fact a god up there.
with that background information, the plot comes together as follows.
"I'm gonna miss your ways - your sin, your smell, your smile. In an anxious attempt to let you know:" A father thinking about her child's future after he passes away. What kind of legacy does he want to leave for her, before it's too late.
"When I close my eyes, I see two faces above me, one to my left, one to my right." The father imagining himself as a child again, with parents who passed along their faith to him. One where they believe in a higher being that loves them, yet does not intervene when terrible things happen. even disasters that invoke god's name elicits no response. the cartoon showroom, again, is god's view of the world, and all the various things done in or against his name. The father cannot bring himself to pass this belief along to the future generation.
"I took you under my wings to shadow. It never did bother me to hide you from the light." The father decides not to pass along his religion to his child. therefore, the child would technically be "damned", or shadowed from potential eternal life. The tone sounds sarcastic and joking, but who knows...maybe there is a god, and faith is required most importantly in the darkest times, as a test. How is he supposed to know? But he's made his decision - he cannot pass along his religion to his child.
so, instead of religion, he encourages the child to "keep moving onward. run through that open door consuming knowledge - wormhole through times before." learn as much about the world as you can, and cherish it, for the future must accept that there will be no heavenly intervention, and that they must accept the blame for destroying their world. the wormhole through times before comes together as all the written history past generations have left behind...what has benefitted us? what can we still improve upon? we need to move forward, and let go of antiquated beliefs. future generations must find a better way forward.