TheRealDannyM, you hit that right on the head. It is a reference to the Jewish tradition, however I think the use of it has a rather different meaning and one that is a little more dark and cynical, in fitting with typical Mountain Goats lyrics. It isn't so much that he is going to be liberated, but that he is always going to be in search of elusive happiness. Just as the Jewish people have been permanently displaced from Jerusalem, never to have the temple again, so is happiness firmly out of reach.
TheRealDannyM, you hit that right on the head. It is a reference to the Jewish tradition, however I think the use of it has a rather different meaning and one that is a little more dark and cynical, in fitting with typical Mountain Goats lyrics. It isn't so much that he is going to be liberated, but that he is always going to be in search of elusive happiness. Just as the Jewish people have been permanently displaced from Jerusalem, never to have the temple again, so is happiness firmly out of reach.