| Steely Dan – Turn That Heartbeat Over Again Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Try this on for size guys, This song is a smart alec-y response to religion's demands on the common man. There are three scenarios presented: 1) A petty criminal who turns to crime due to the socio-economic deterioration of his community. 2) A drinker who may be an ex-nazi or refugee from a dictatorial govt, since he just came from Paraguay. 3) Can't figure out which William Wright but he must be the poet, being dead, a partier and perhaps a sort of anti-hero role model for modern artists who are speaking. Each of them consider themselves "victims of circumstance" so they aren't to blame and they will keep their promises to be good people, only when Saint Michael and Jesus keep their promise to bring them back to eternal life, sort of like a "You go first" deal: thus the irony of "Zombie see and Zombie do" and we all know Jesus was the first Zombie :) "He's here with me and you." = a double meaning of Jesus being with us all the time but we also have that debauched William Wright's ghost with us all the time cause that's just who we are as humans. Whaddaya Think? |
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