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Magdalene

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Have you ever loved a woman
who should be that little intruder
in the one that you should be

Share the snake with us,
swallow the snake for us...

Have you ever loved a woman
who instead of give or take
would seduce you with a trade

Share the snake with us,
swallow the snake for us...

You have learnt heaven through impure lips
so different from what you have been told
so different from what you have seen

and now that you learnt you will have to release
the tender arms of a woman
which would have strangled you to let you live
you will have to elect the fainting arms of this cross
which are just killing you to let you live...

Share the snake with us,
follow the snake with us...

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idan On Jun 01, 2002

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2002-06-01 12:09:17

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by Demander

18y ago

anyone have ever commented this song? lol is for me the best one of them from sin pecado for me his a comparison between the snakes and womens when they catch us they won't let us go until the dead basically.... they really hold us

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by hiidenkirnu

9y ago

Women and snakes...perhaps. Or, given the title and all the biblical references, it gives a certain perspective to the last days of the Nazarene, especially concentrating on the relationship with Mary Magdalene. It seems like he's not wanting to leave her, but on the other hand, his path necessitates to take the cross. Both ways give him a life and a death: with Mary, he would be forced to let go of the holy path (hence "die"), but on the cross he's forced to let go of the human life (but gain a "divine life").

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