American Pie

American Pie is Secular Humanist.
Don McLean believes there is no God and man sets the standards because God took a train and went to the coast for a vacation

God and the Universe

• God left us - "The father, son and the holy ghost, they caught a train for the coast"
• We mock God and make ourselves God - "the jester stole his thorny crown"

Humanity

• We are mortal - "This'll be the day that i die"
• We are innocent because God left us - "Now for ten years we've been on our own

Conflict

• The universe is flawed because Satan laughs along with us and mocks God like the jester - "I saw Satan laughing with delight the day the music died" - which was the same day that God left.

Hope

• Going down to the levee (which is dry) so what do they do? - "Drinkin' whiskey and rye" - They forget their problems

Values

• They prize music - "I can still remember how that music used to make me smile"

Truth

• "...poets dreamed..." - ...Im sure they do
• "Fire is the devil's only friend" - That would fit since he's in hell and no one likes him