"Said the angel to the Queen
I lift my skirt when Voltaire turns
As he speaks, his mouth full of garlic
White, yes, white
Misfortune of us two
He told you to be free
And you obeyed
We have to decide what is important"
Voltaire advocated for freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and a secular government so I think what they are saying here is that once they do not have a preset value system to follow such as religion, that they have to create meaning for themselves which is way harder than you would think.
"A war we never see
Or a street so black that babies die?"
a war we never see I assume is heaven and hell and a street so black babies die I think is referring to the bleakness of the world without religion.
"A system and a theory
Or our wish to be free?"
is freedom worth giving up having a system for?
"To organise and analyse
And at the end realise
That nobody knows
If it really happened"
even if we analyze everything a lot, we will never come to any definite conclusions about life
"Said the angel to the Queen I lift my skirt when Voltaire turns As he speaks, his mouth full of garlic White, yes, white Misfortune of us two He told you to be free And you obeyed We have to decide what is important"
Voltaire advocated for freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and a secular government so I think what they are saying here is that once they do not have a preset value system to follow such as religion, that they have to create meaning for themselves which is way harder than you would think.
"A war we never see Or a street so black that babies die?"
a war we never see I assume is heaven and hell and a street so black babies die I think is referring to the bleakness of the world without religion.
"A system and a theory Or our wish to be free?"
is freedom worth giving up having a system for?
"To organise and analyse And at the end realise That nobody knows If it really happened"
even if we analyze everything a lot, we will never come to any definite conclusions about life