| Depeche Mode – Told You So Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| This is a take on Blake's "Jerusalem," a poem traditionally recited as a hymn in the Church of England. Gore turns the poem into a critique of self-righteous people who seek to judge others for decisions because, per their religion, they believe they are right. The song employs irony--the notion that ideas are justification enough to kill for, despite them being in direct defiance of the rules of Christianity--and thus reflects the tradition of singing "Jerusalem" on St. George's Day. St. George himself was a martyr, killed by the Romans for refusing to recant his Christian faith, and was the patron saint of the Crusaders, who killed millions in the name of the Christian God. | |
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