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No You're Not

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go knock them dead okay kid
I'm not a man, at least not yet
I'm not a man just a pillar of salt on the ground
tell us your name that's what they say
I ain't got a name just a current address and I said
know what you know
I never thought a kiss could be
I never thought a kiss could be
I never thought a kiss could be
I never thought a kiss could be so cold

so now the pissoff's taking hold
and you can tell they're all looking at you
feel so inert it starts to hurt
so that's your name and I tell myself
don't say that you're coming cause no you're not
don't say that you're coming cause no you're not
don't say that you're pleased with me cause no you're not
don't say you're going back cause no you're not

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rjbucs28 On Jun 22, 2003

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by pro-voice

20y ago

When Lot is warned by God to leave Sodom and Gomorrah, as his family escapes his wife turns around, either to survey the destruction of these two cities or to actually return, and she is turned into a pillar of salt.

With this in mind, it makes it easier to think that he is dead, but he can't comprehend it yet. He's no longer an address, or a name-he's inert. The kiss is cold because he's dead?

It's a stretch, I know...

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by pandora_ash_avalie

19y ago

if it is a biblical reference, it could be when judas betrays jesus with a kiss or whatever.

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