| Regina Spektor – Laughing With Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Further to my post above, I'd just like to clarify that I don't think this song is anti-god. I don't think it's judgmental either way - I think it's more of a bittersweet, ambivalent observation on the human condition, like so much of Regina's work. It's beautiful. | |
| Regina Spektor – Laughing With Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I don't think this song is necessarily as pro-god as some people have suggested. I think it's more about human attitudes to god and religion than being about god himself. The chorus is about the ridiculous perversions and commercialisations of religion, and how laughable the whole thing gets - all the paraphernalia, all the hatred it sparks, all the bullshit. And then the verses are about the little jump of terror in your heart when you're staring something awful in the face and for a second you really wish someone was there to save you or help you - or you just wish that things were somehow in somebody's control, when in fact they really aren't. I think it's that primal terror in all of us that continues to give religion so much power despite all the ridiculous aspects of it. I think that's what this song is about - what it is in people's hearts that makes them accept all the stupid parts of god, and why people just laugh at the ridiculous parts without ever rejecting religion. We'd rather be 'in on the joke', laughing with god, clinging to things that deep down we're not 100% sure are true, because the idea that we're all alone is too scary to bear. |
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