| Regina Spektor – Samson Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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the last bit of your comment inspired this interpretation to pop into my head, so i thought i'd comment and see what you think.. Samson knows he is destined to do god's work, but he meets delilah, they fall in love, and he lets her cut his hair so that he will lose his strength and wont be needed by god, which means he'll be able to stay with delilah forever. Delilah cuts his hair and therefore samson never brings the columns down and history books and the bible dont mention them, but they live happily ever after. (unless i'm being really stupid, i'm certain this fits) "you are my sweetest downfall, i loved you first" > this is delilah saying that she loved samson and their love and life together was "sweet", or beautiful, but their love was in a way her downfall, because by her cutting his hair she let god down. "Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth" > delilah from this alternate version of the bible story saying beneath the sheets of paper of the bible is her truth and her story, the other ending which is not in the bible. "ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed" > samson would feel weak after he lost his hair and his strength. he's be eating wonderbread and resting to get over it. the song kinda is a conflict of samson's love and true feelings and what he is supposed to do for god. i think it could show that maybe love beats all. :) |
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