anonymous July 20th, 2006 01:51PM  

It's about different religions (although the song implies christianity) that ask for money and the money that you give only helps the leaders of the church. They get you to givve money by making you believe that you will be rewarded in heaven.

anonymous December 13th, 2006 06:27PM  

this song is about something that happened in the eighties. a few guys were t.v. evangalists (did I spell that right?) and they asked for money to help with their church but they took it for themselves. metallica puts that into a new perspective by making the song about all people that will give money blindly for their religion beleiving that this will make them look good in God's eyes. charity is encouraged for Christians so the song is about how christians will give money to "the cause," and the cause that metallica is talking about is the t.v. evangalists but put into context of all churches. Slayer has a song about the same thing. It came out a year or two later.

anonymous February 26th, 2008 11:25PM  

I believe this song to say that religion is a hoax and reveal it as the cult-like organization that it is in saying that you will be rewarded after death by giving in life.

Kwizzel90210 February 8th, 2009 09:07PM  

The song is loosely based upon a real occurrence in the 80's. It's about the willingness to give money to a religion that you believe in, believing that this will give you some sort of extra salvation. Leper Messiah is referring to the people who ask for money for their church and imply that by giving money, you look better in the eyes of the lord. Spreading their "disease" to the public, if that makes any sense.

Leper_Messiah October 22nd, 2009 04:26PM  

The song is about TV evangelists constantly asking for money and promising that it will help them to heaven.