This song is about the dangers of willingly submitting yourself (or your money, unrelenting support,etc.) to any person or organization. The Cult of Personality refers to this phenomena of people using said entities (wether it be movie stars, politicans, etc.) to project their own desires. These entities don't even have to pretend to be honorable to enjoy the people's support. They can lie about anything (I tell you one and one makes three) or simply use you without consquence (exploit you still you love me). Of course, this song does suggest that it is your choice to "worship these gods", that you could simply ignore them and they would go away. But why would you if they represent everything you want to be, want to fight for, want to accomplish and all you have to do is to sell your soul in the process. Never has this been more relevant than in these times.
This song is about the dangers of willingly submitting yourself (or your money, unrelenting support,etc.) to any person or organization. The Cult of Personality refers to this phenomena of people using said entities (wether it be movie stars, politicans, etc.) to project their own desires. These entities don't even have to pretend to be honorable to enjoy the people's support. They can lie about anything (I tell you one and one makes three) or simply use you without consquence (exploit you still you love me). Of course, this song does suggest that it is your choice to "worship these gods", that you could simply ignore them and they would go away. But why would you if they represent everything you want to be, want to fight for, want to accomplish and all you have to do is to sell your soul in the process. Never has this been more relevant than in these times.