I’ve always thought it was about the internal conflict of whether a person should go with the masses or live by their own beliefs. The ‘talking for free’ in the chorus seems to refer to voicing your opinions and beliefs without feeling condemned to silence by a religion. “I get along fine with them friends of mine, but you have to make a choice” makes it seem like the singer’s friends and peers all live by one belief, or religion, but the singer is conflicted between that and what he wants to believe. Furthermore, “Only get one look before you die,” sounds to me like the singer is realizing he’ll die one day, so he may as well believe what he wants to.
I’ve always thought it was about the internal conflict of whether a person should go with the masses or live by their own beliefs. The ‘talking for free’ in the chorus seems to refer to voicing your opinions and beliefs without feeling condemned to silence by a religion. “I get along fine with them friends of mine, but you have to make a choice” makes it seem like the singer’s friends and peers all live by one belief, or religion, but the singer is conflicted between that and what he wants to believe. Furthermore, “Only get one look before you die,” sounds to me like the singer is realizing he’ll die one day, so he may as well believe what he wants to.