![]() “God” has an infinite number of definitions, depending on who you talk to, and it’s just the closest word in our vocabulary to express what NY has always reflected upon under the redwoods. That doesn’t mean his church has changed at all though. Later in life, after coming face-to-face with the Grim Reaper, during his aneurysm scare, he’s willing to adopt the use of the word “God” and take for granted the existence of an overarching spirit and higher power in “When God Made Me”. NY has said that the redwood forests are his cathedral, and probably the nature of his faith. As with the songs like The Bridge or Soldier, where religion is mentioned, he always sees the incoherence in religious discourse, and his songs ask questions that pointed out the parts of religious teachings that just don’t add up to him. ![]() His parents were worldly liberal humanists, but he was eventually confronted with religion, as the Journey Through the Past film shows, where he exchanges with the 70s Jesus Movement types. Neil Young did not have a very religious upbringing. When he sings it, you can see and hear his inner torment. A man who is deeply spiritual, with no answers, just questions. He is trying to make sense of what goes on in the world from a man-in-the-world perspective. Neil Young is asking questions in this poignant song.
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