Originally posted by Katja:
While John's lyrics may not be intentionally religious I have found a few to be quite spiritual. Always thought I would like The Garden to be playing as I died, or if I happen to be a bit too busy to put it on, I would like it at my funeral.

That gave me a visual of the coffin coin box with the hand that comes out if it!
I recall he once mentioned in an interview that he was Catholic. Pater Noster was done in response to his religious roots. I was quite amazed by it at the time. He made something called the Human Host to do the voice effects (I think he said it was basically a cross between a Vocoder and an echo chamber).
A pity it didn't have much effect at the time. It would take another 10 years for some Spanish monks to popularise Gregorian chants again.