My interpretations are quite similar to wassim's, but I have different ideas on some particular lyrics, so these are my interpretations of these lyrics. Read wassim's interpretation before reading this.
"Through the fire and through the flames, you won't even say your name" is asking "if God exists, why won't he just show himself?". It does indeed refer to the Exodus story of "I am that I am". The "though the fire/flames" bit refers to suffering and evil, so the line says "in this evil world you won't even show yourself".
"Paranoid styles" refers more to the secret fear some (perhaps most) believers feel that God is always watching you, like a Big Brother kind of thing.
"The tension and fear of a secret career" is referring to a double-life some believers live, the life they don't live in Church or at home or wherever. They see it as a kind of act of hiding from God, a bit like the Jonah story.
"And I can't help but feel, That you see the mistakes, But you let it go" refers to the mistakes of this world, the war, pollution, corrupt governments etc. This line questions God's caring of the world, saying that he sees these horrible things but just lets them go. It is asking "if you exist, then how can there be evil and suffering?". This line is a bit like the "through the fire and through the flames" line.
My interpretations are quite similar to wassim's, but I have different ideas on some particular lyrics, so these are my interpretations of these lyrics. Read wassim's interpretation before reading this.
"Through the fire and through the flames, you won't even say your name" is asking "if God exists, why won't he just show himself?". It does indeed refer to the Exodus story of "I am that I am". The "though the fire/flames" bit refers to suffering and evil, so the line says "in this evil world you won't even show yourself".
"Paranoid styles" refers more to the secret fear some (perhaps most) believers feel that God is always watching you, like a Big Brother kind of thing.
"The tension and fear of a secret career" is referring to a double-life some believers live, the life they don't live in Church or at home or wherever. They see it as a kind of act of hiding from God, a bit like the Jonah story.
"And I can't help but feel, That you see the mistakes, But you let it go" refers to the mistakes of this world, the war, pollution, corrupt governments etc. This line questions God's caring of the world, saying that he sees these horrible things but just lets them go. It is asking "if you exist, then how can there be evil and suffering?". This line is a bit like the "through the fire and through the flames" line.