| Jesus Jones – The Devil You Know Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The first line should read "A life to color our own", which is why there is all of that paint in the video. The title and the chorus, "the devil you know is the only one", are a loose translation of the phrase "Honi soit qui mal y pense". The literal translation is close to "evil to him who thinks evil", but here it is used a little more forcefully: the 'devil' doesn't make you do anything, when you do bad things it's not because there is a Devil out there tempting you, it is because YOU decided it was okay to do those bad things... the devil inside you, the "devil you know", is the only devil there is, i.e. "is the only one". In other words, quit trying to pass off the blame for your actions. Interestingly this creates a double meaning for the line "It's time that I took what's mine"... in one sense it is a bad act that he is about to commit, which the chorus reminds him is entirely his choice, but in another it could be him saying "it's time for me to acknowledge that I and I alone have done these bad things". Awesome song. |
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