Maybe the song is about Bazan asking why is it hard to be good, or a decent human being? and they give him the garden of Eden story about eve eating the forbiden apple and yall know the rest. Well bazan is rejecting that explanation. He says "you expect me to believe". He also says that his family did not even congratulate him on his graduation, one has to assume because of his atheism.
Maybe the song is about Bazan asking why is it hard to be good, or a decent human being? and they give him the garden of Eden story about eve eating the forbiden apple and yall know the rest. Well bazan is rejecting that explanation. He says "you expect me to believe". He also says that his family did not even congratulate him on his graduation, one has to assume because of his atheism.