I think this song is about discovering upon death that everything that we were taught and told to believe about religion and afterlife or heaven/hell was all lies. Its got an even more depressing tone if you believe what the song is saying to be true.
"They shattered our right to wonder. Delivered us from free will."
Pretty much saying that people who are deep in religious beliefs are trying to live this perfect life for a being a God, and aren't supposed to question whether or not any of it is real or other possibilities of truth.
"Our stories were thrown on the fire. Burning like bibles."
I think this is saying that when we die, there goes our life and everything we had ever done or gone through. There was no more meaning to any of it than the lies we were told about a God and transfering to a semblance of afterlife once we leave earth.
"Our carbon shells deserted. We came so far for nothing. Unsung. Fixed on dead grass."
We have spent all our lives trying to do everything right so that this God would recognize us and value us enough to grant us eternal life after our mortal death, only to find out we were working towards a goal that was only fabrication.
And now the chorus:
"Hey, we're dead now
Affinity has been found below the ground
Beyond the heart's vow
the open road
Amnesia bound"
Basically saying we're dead, and thats it. There's no heavenly hand reaching down to pull our souls up or smack them down to either of these fictional kingdoms we were told were our only options after death. It really validates a part of the song "House of Wolves" by Bring Me the Horizon in which he says "And when you die, the only kingdom you'll see is two foot wide and six foot deep!"
This is what I get from it. Its a pretty sad song when you think that there is a very real chance that it's meaning could be totally true and people who have sacrificed so much for their beliefs could walk away empty handed.
I think this song is about discovering upon death that everything that we were taught and told to believe about religion and afterlife or heaven/hell was all lies. Its got an even more depressing tone if you believe what the song is saying to be true.
"They shattered our right to wonder. Delivered us from free will."
Pretty much saying that people who are deep in religious beliefs are trying to live this perfect life for a being a God, and aren't supposed to question whether or not any of it is real or other possibilities of truth.
"Our stories were thrown on the fire. Burning like bibles."
I think this is saying that when we die, there goes our life and everything we had ever done or gone through. There was no more meaning to any of it than the lies we were told about a God and transfering to a semblance of afterlife once we leave earth.
"Our carbon shells deserted. We came so far for nothing. Unsung. Fixed on dead grass."
We have spent all our lives trying to do everything right so that this God would recognize us and value us enough to grant us eternal life after our mortal death, only to find out we were working towards a goal that was only fabrication.
And now the chorus:
"Hey, we're dead now Affinity has been found below the ground Beyond the heart's vow the open road Amnesia bound"
Basically saying we're dead, and thats it. There's no heavenly hand reaching down to pull our souls up or smack them down to either of these fictional kingdoms we were told were our only options after death. It really validates a part of the song "House of Wolves" by Bring Me the Horizon in which he says "And when you die, the only kingdom you'll see is two foot wide and six foot deep!"
This is what I get from it. Its a pretty sad song when you think that there is a very real chance that it's meaning could be totally true and people who have sacrificed so much for their beliefs could walk away empty handed.