Lyric discussion by ranceyoung 

We are introduced to a man named Levon who has a kid named Jesus. He named him this because he liked the name, simply meaning he was a Christian man. He expresses his love through money by sending him to private schools. Levon is a greedy man we come to find out.

Levon was born a poor man, a pauper, to a pawn, someone who was very weak and lacked power. He was born in WWI since this is when the Times cover that said "God is Dead" was released. The Times article was using Nietzsche's quote for the cover. Then we find out that Levon's father was named Alvin Tostig.

Alvin named him Levon and instilled in him good traditional values that made him a family man. This turned out to be the thing that made him greedy and caused Jesus' resentment and desire to leave.

We find out that Levon's successful business is selling cartoon balloons, a rather ridiculous business for a ridiculous man. Jesus helps because he has been raised to be a family man, something we come to find out he doesnt want at all. Jesus just wants to take one of these balloons and go sailing away from his greedy and traditional father, leaving him to die alone.

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