Spiritual Law
D.I. Lyrics

Get down on your knees
Assuming the position of submission to a higher power.

and pray
Communicating with a higher power and requesting favors or guidance.

Clasp your hands
Joining hands in prayer, a universal symbol of holding oneself.

and start to play
Beginning the act of prayer and surrendering oneself.

It's time to be born again
Reinventing oneself and leaving behind the past in search of salvation.

Don't go to mass
Avoiding ritualistic gatherings and conformity to the norm.

It's a sin
A transgression against the divine.

Confess your evil to the man
Acknowledging one's faults and revealing them to a confessor.

He'll do everything he can
Assurance that the confessor will guide and support one on the journey of repentance.

Don't go to mass, you'll go to hell
Underscoring the belief that salvation is not linked to participation in religious ceremonies.

We'll all be there, it'll be swell
Accepting that a shared belief in the eternal punishment of sinners will bring people together.

Telling you the way
Guidance to follow the right path for salvation.

So you don't perish
Admonishing people to avoid the perils of non-conformity and non-belief.

You won't survive
The absence of faith will result in the end of life.

You're being sucked up into the magical church
Being spellbound and unquestioning in acceptance of the religious institution.

This way, this way
Reinforcing adherence to the 'right' path for salvation.

It's too late, you're addicted
Metaphorically likening conformity to drug addiction and its adverse effects.

The mind control yourself
Exhortation to be self-aware and resist surrendering individuality to the institution.

Kick that bottle right off the shelf
Encouragement to reject identity markers that promote addiction or deviance.

The word drop now
Initiating the delivery of a deeper message or spiritual teaching.

Spiritual Laws
The rules governing spiritual conduct and morality.

Go burn our Rosaries
Rejecting and perverting symbols of Catholicism.

Holly water makes me bleed
The symbols of the faith cause suffering and pain.

Attach that cross to right to my head
Using religious symbols in a high-visibility way.

It may burn, but it won't be dead
The act of externalizing religious symbolism, regardless of discomfort or the mockery of others.

It's such a game
A critique of the hypocrisy and triviality of religious orthodoxy.

Seen better shows, on my TV
Comparison between the entertainment value of popular culture compared to religious services.

They say the world is winding up
Belief in the 'end times' or the Apocalypse is validated.

Satan's fire is burning up
Personification of evil and its increasing strength.

They all be holding their breath
The fear and foreboding accompanying apocalyptic thought.

You'll die just like the rest
The inevitability of death for all.

Nowhere to run and hide
The inability to avoid the consequences of one's actions and choices.

Try to get away, you'll be fine
Encouragement to live fully and make the most of one's time alive, despite looming peril.

You've only got one chance left
Emphasis on seizing the moment and obtaining spiritual redemption while still possible.

On your knees, sip that wine, chew the wafer
Descriptions of religious rituals linked to the Eucharist.

Everything's blank
Sense of confusion or mental chaos.

Am I alive or dead
A contemplation of ontology and being.

People screaming, can I be dreaming
A surreal experience that may engender doubt or questioning reality itself.

Am I confused
An admission of mental disorientation and incomprehension.

I can't tell whether this is heaven...or hell
The inability to reconcile conflicting emotions and experience.

Won't they live, and the sound of a silver bell
People enjoy life and celebrate its coming and going.

Up on my feet
A transition into another state of being or higher level of consciousness.

I think it's over now
A realization and acceptance of the end of life and its experiences.

The air is stiff
The weight of death and finality pervades the environment.

The smell of death is everywhere
A pervasive, ominous reminder of life's mortality.

It's all around
The omnipresence of death and its inescapability.

But I won't submit to death
A refusal to surrender to death and the life-ending experience.

You can go with the rest of the world it's all death
The inevitability of death and the futility of fighting it.

Even good will pump yourself
Even the highest caliber of person must face the reality of death.

Can't take your money with you boys
The impermanence of material possessions and their inability to safeguard against death.

Let'em go with out their toys
Acceptance of the inevitability of sacrifice and leaving behind common distractions and material trappings.

Up or down it's just a job
The role of death is one mandated by external forces beyond human control.

You have that new grave hero
The meritorious qualities of someone who accepts death with courage and grace.

Filling the pew
The presence of many at religious event.

Go ahead and tell me
Challenging authority and the instruction of others.

Tell me the truth
A desire to learn and to seek the truth of a matter.

It's time to congregate
A call to come together and assemble for collective religious experience.

The mindless sheep, don't be late
A pejorative term to describe those who abide the institution and its rituals without thought or question.

Fill the rooms, fill the halls
A successful turnout for a religious event.

You'll be slammed up to the walls
The presence of so many people in a confined space.

Close your minds like fools
Accusing the institution of reinforcing a passive, non-questioning approach to religious matters.

Tanning outside daddy's pool
A dismissive attitude toward leisure and pleasure enjoyed by the privileged class.

Come dig their own grave
The idea that the institution is indirectly responsible for its own downfall.

They are now without their slave
The departure of loyalists, the absence of the congregation.

Spiritual Laws, no way
Dismissing the religious precepts and dogma that govern the institution.

I want to see Christ today
A unilateral desire to encounter Christ, regardless of ritualistic boundaries.

Spiritual law
A charge to determine and follow one's own spiritual path, free from institution-imposed rules.