American Pie

I believe that American Pie by Don McLean is from a secular humanist perspective.

- God & the Universe
>Music, Whiskey, Rye. Only things that matter.
>The trinity has caught the last train for the coast, as if God has deserted them
- Humanity & Identity
>Since God has left them all they have is the physical world and no savior to redeem them
- Conflict & Suffering
>The music is the only reason to live
>The day the music died is when all hope was lost
- Hope & Redemption
>His hope is in the music
>Others hopes are in the things of the world
- Values & Relationship
>All value is in the music, since the music died years before, and God deserted them, then there is no hope
- Truth & Knowledge
>Truth is the music to him.