Portugal. The Man is not religious. They don't believe in the Bible and other nonsensical mythology, thus the lines:
When your family
Swinging from the branches of a tree
God only knows
We don't need ghost stories
We are primates who evolved (swinging from the branches), not creatures made by some fictional deity. The Jesus myth is also dissed: "We don't need ghost stories."
PTM recognizes the harm done by idiotic patriarchal monotheisms like Christianity, and they're declaring that they don't buy it. This theme is seen in other songs and lyrics, such as when they sing:
Don't pray for us
We don't need no modern Jesus
To roll with us
The only rule we need is never
Giving up
The only faith we have is faith in us.
This song is clearly another rejection of religion -- we've all got much better things to do on Sunday morning than listen to lies and fiction from moronic preachers. Amen! (Pun intended.)
Portugal. The Man is not religious. They don't believe in the Bible and other nonsensical mythology, thus the lines:
When your family Swinging from the branches of a tree God only knows We don't need ghost stories We are primates who evolved (swinging from the branches), not creatures made by some fictional deity. The Jesus myth is also dissed: "We don't need ghost stories."
PTM recognizes the harm done by idiotic patriarchal monotheisms like Christianity, and they're declaring that they don't buy it. This theme is seen in other songs and lyrics, such as when they sing: Don't pray for us We don't need no modern Jesus To roll with us The only rule we need is never Giving up The only faith we have is faith in us.
This song is clearly another rejection of religion -- we've all got much better things to do on Sunday morning than listen to lies and fiction from moronic preachers. Amen! (Pun intended.)