| U2 – Pride (In the Name of Love) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"One man caught on a barbed wire fence One man he resist One man washed on an empty beach One man betrayed with a kiss" to reiterate what other said and to add some of my thoughts. the first line reminds of soldiers in WW1 getting caught in barbed wire at the edge of no man's land. another thought is the many killed Berlin wall escapees. second line reminds me of rosa parks, MLK resisting the apartheid government during the 1960s. it also probably symbolizes any resistance (armed or peaceful) against an oppressor. third line as one poster said, a dead soldier washing up ashore during a amphibious landing like Normandy, Dieppe, and Paschendale. fourth line is obvious, judas kissing Jesus which was a signal to Roman soldiers to arrest the man who was kissed. |
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| Queen – Mad The Swine Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I would argue that Freddie meant to say that the Pharisees and most of the Jews thought Jesus as crazy, what with associating with thieves and whores. Second they thought Jesus to be arrogant because he was clever and humiliated the Pharisees in their own trap questions, and also because he proclaimed himself the son of God; hence they thought him to be swine, a pretty nasty insult considering pigs are taboo in Jewish culture. And the line "I guess I'm mad the swine" could be referencing Jesus' indifference to the pharisees insults. also this song could be referring to Jesus exorcising the legions (of demons) from the crazy man living in the cave. he cast the legion into a herd of wild pigs, and they all ran in madness and drown themselves. cant remember what book and verse this is. I personally dont think Freddie wrote this as an anti-Christian attack, just another perspective I suppose. |
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