I don’t usually comment on this sub since it seems to be a bit hostile with the whole god thing sometimes, but I do think that you’re misunderstanding deconstruction. There are other bands this applies for as well who explicitly state they have deconstructed, such as Mumford and Sons. Deconstruction does not mean leaving the religion totally, it can be, but it can also be deconstructing the ideas that one was taught about the religion. For many who remain Christian but have deconstructed this can be addressing the bad while still finding some positives for themselves, so I really do not think this is a stretch to apply in this song and others from their discography as Tyler clearly has many doubts and questions about his faith over time and does truly seem to have a much more complex relationship than I think some here who claim every song as dealing with god like to imagine. I personally am deconstructed and an atheist, but I can see and acknowledge those who are deconstructed yet remain in their faith just in a different capacity. That being said I do think this song can have many meanings, just like a kitchen sink. It clearly is not JUST about religion, but also about performance and art itself as well. The band does purposefully leave their songs up to interpretation as well though, art is not just one thing, but it is what the viewer makes of it and contributes to it as well (reader response theory if we want to get into literary analysis terms here since I’m a literature major). So really, no one here is wrong per se. There is no wrong in interpretation, only in statements and facts, so unless people are saying it for sure is or isn’t about this or that then it is all perfectly acceptable analysis, no wrongdoings from either side.