Lyric discussion by snapmagic 

john has said that it's about some teenagers defacing a church.

& subsequently, i'm assuming, about equal parts bitterness and reverence towards religion.

John explained this song at a show I saw this weekend. He told a story about him and Peter Hughes driving from a show in Lawrence, Kansas. He introduced it by saying that "people in my country love all things kitsch." They pulled off the highway to tour a chapel in which children with giant eyes reenact the stations of the cross.

"The tour of the (? name) chapel with the children with giant eyes by two guys on meth has been tragically underdocumented"

That's the Precious Moments Chapel in Carthage, MO. The Roadside America entry: roadsideamerica.com/tour/94day5.html

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