As I said, you can take whatever you want from the lyrics of a song.
Like this song. We all know what his lyrics are about, but I listen to them thinking about the Tulsa Race Massacre or the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
(I moved this song to this thread because it seemed like it fit here better)
What do you take away from this song? I remember when it came out and there was some push back by the religious community with their false interpretation of the lyrics akin to the way they did with Pat Benatar's 'Hell Is For Children'.