Here are a few lines that I feel are most important to the song:
I know you're coming in the night like a thief...
...But I'm scared I'll get scared and I swear I'll try to nail you back up
So do you think that we could work out a sign
So I'll know it's you and that it's over so I won't even try
I know you're coming for the people like me
But we all got wood and nails
And we turn out hate in factories...
...And we sleep inside of this machine
This reminds me of that common story that we hear at church about a guy being interviewed and asked if he knows Jesus and if so, how. He then leaves the interview. The next interviewee walks into the room and falls on his knees and says, "my Lord my God." We are all familiar with this story, correct?
I also thought of a question that I think I have heard asked in church, "What would you have done if you were a jew in Jerusalem during the time of Jesus?"
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I've never heard the song before Eric assigned it, and the first time I heard it I thought maybe he was equivocating with phrase "Jesus Christ" to sarcastically/blasphemously address a relationship with a girl. Is that bad to say? Honestly, if he's not using "Jesus Christ" as a proper name, but as an expletive, couldn't be that? I don't know...
I keep reading your comment and I'm not sure if you actually decide if he's using Jesus Christ in a "bad" way or not. But I believe that this song is one hundred percent about Jesus Christ. If that makes sense. Ha.
Oh, good review Ryan. I enjoyed it.
I actually wasn't finished with this review but I posted it any way. So I am just going to add a couple of thought here. First of all, I can see where you were coming from Elliot. The beginning of the song paints a picture of a girl problem. Lines like, "...But with nobody in your bed. The night's hard to get through" and "...And I will die all alone." But, by the end really I think that it becomes clear that the song is really about him and Jesus and not him and a girl. I don't know...
I agree with Ryan.
What about the opening lines?
"Jesus Christ, that's a pretty face..." and then, "...do you believe you're missing out, everything good is happening somewhere else--but with nobody in your bed, and that's hard to get through." Seriously, how does that factor into it? I took it as an opening hint of the equivocation. If not, it confuses me, unless you guys have an insight on it...
I guess I don't know this guy well enough, but initially I thought he might be cleverly equivocating to show two different angles on two similar issues/experiences using the same phrase: "Jesus Christ".
Is that something that he'd plausibly do? If so, it's pretty creative.
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