@aer0 It's clear that this is something you want to see in the lyrics and that's fine, people interpret songs in their own ways. But, you have inserted "Christian ideology" where there is none. Furhtermore, you've interpreted the "High Road Warning" as the exact opposite of what is intended. The song wants you to take the high road in all cases, not avoid it.
To explain further, your interpretation is flawed because you aren't defining the idiom 'take the high road' correctly in this particular case. It doesn't meant to take the easy path here, it means to take the morally superior path. Taking the high road means to summon up the grace to be a good person even if it's hard. You have a choice, take the high road and be above the bullshit in life or take the low road and become part of the bullshit.
It has ZERO to do with Christianity and everything to do with being a good, graceful person. This song is about an ethical position, not a religious one.
The warning is directed toward horrible people, it means this: "I'm going to take the high road, I'm going to choose love no matter what, even if you try to get me to do otherwise."
I would add that taking the morally superior path is also taking the easy path, because any other choice would make a person's mental state hellish, unless they are a sociopath. When we choose love & kindness, life is beautiful and our mind is at ease If you choose otherwise, you fall. And you're on to something, it is a kind of self-damnation to choose the low road. It's like bringing a kind of hell to your life, but not a supernatural one. It's a self-imposed one.
This song is about ignoring the haters and being a good dude regardless. It's about holding your head up even when the bad guys are trying to wear you down because really, your only other choice is to succumb to their darkness.
@aer0 It's clear that this is something you want to see in the lyrics and that's fine, people interpret songs in their own ways. But, you have inserted "Christian ideology" where there is none. Furhtermore, you've interpreted the "High Road Warning" as the exact opposite of what is intended. The song wants you to take the high road in all cases, not avoid it.
To explain further, your interpretation is flawed because you aren't defining the idiom 'take the high road' correctly in this particular case. It doesn't meant to take the easy path here, it means to take the morally superior path. Taking the high road means to summon up the grace to be a good person even if it's hard. You have a choice, take the high road and be above the bullshit in life or take the low road and become part of the bullshit.
It has ZERO to do with Christianity and everything to do with being a good, graceful person. This song is about an ethical position, not a religious one.
The warning is directed toward horrible people, it means this: "I'm going to take the high road, I'm going to choose love no matter what, even if you try to get me to do otherwise."
I would add that taking the morally superior path is also taking the easy path, because any other choice would make a person's mental state hellish, unless they are a sociopath. When we choose love & kindness, life is beautiful and our mind is at ease If you choose otherwise, you fall. And you're on to something, it is a kind of self-damnation to choose the low road. It's like bringing a kind of hell to your life, but not a supernatural one. It's a self-imposed one.
This song is about ignoring the haters and being a good dude regardless. It's about holding your head up even when the bad guys are trying to wear you down because really, your only other choice is to succumb to their darkness.