Worldview of American Pie

I believe the worldview of this song is Secular Humanism. I believe this based on the following categories.

1. God and the Universe
~ Mainly music (man made things), Whiskey, Rye

2. Humanity and Identity
~ man is lost and guilty and has no "savior" figure to redeem them out of their
wandering
~ he thinks that the spiritual realm deserted them so he goes to man made things for
salvation or hope.

3. Conflict and Suffering
~ the conflict that he thinks God left him and he is alone in the world. He thinks his
hope or in the song "music" is gone and there is nothing he can do. They don't know
how to live without that hope restored.

4. Hope and Redemption
~ His hope is in the things of the world but mainly it is in his music and for the people
around him it is in whiskey and rye. He doesn't know where to find hope when God
has left him.

5. Values and Relationship
~ At the beginning of the song, he sees God in life around him but then he feels like
God deserted him. So he looks to the world for what he should value and need for life.

6. Truth and Knowledge
~ Truth to him is the symbol of music or materialistic hope. I don't think he believes in
absolute truths.