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Maria Magdalena Lyrics
You take my love
You want my soul
I would be crazy to share your life
Why can't you see what I am?
Sharpen your senses and turn the knife
Hurt me and you'll understand
I'll never be Maria Magdalena
(You're a preacher of the night)
Maria Magdalena
(You're a victim of the fight)
(You need love)
Promise me delight
(You need love)
I'll never be Maria Magdalena
(You're a preacher of the night)
Maria Magdalena
(You're a victim of the fight)
(You need love)
Promise me delight
(You need love)
Why must I lie?
Find alibis
When will you wake up and realize
I can't surrender to you?
Play for affection and win the prize
I know those party games, too
I'll never be Maria Magdalena
(You're a preacher of the night)
Maria Magdalena
(You're a victim of the fight)
(You need love)
Promise me delight
(You need love)
I'll never be Maria Magdalena
(You're a preacher of the night)
Maria Magdalena
(You're a victim of the fight)
(You need love)
Promise me delight
(You need love)
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
I'll never be Maria Magdalena
(You're a preacher of the night)
Maria Magdalena
(You're a victim of the fight)
(You need love)
Promise me delight
(You need love)
I'll never be Maria Magdalena
(You're a preacher of the night)
Maria Magdalena
(You're a victim of the fight
(You need love)
Promise me delight
You want my soul
I would be crazy to share your life
Why can't you see what I am?
Sharpen your senses and turn the knife
Hurt me and you'll understand
(You're a preacher of the night)
Maria Magdalena
(You're a victim of the fight)
(You need love)
Promise me delight
(You need love)
(You're a preacher of the night)
Maria Magdalena
(You're a victim of the fight)
(You need love)
Promise me delight
(You need love)
Find alibis
When will you wake up and realize
I can't surrender to you?
Play for affection and win the prize
I know those party games, too
(You're a preacher of the night)
Maria Magdalena
(You're a victim of the fight)
(You need love)
Promise me delight
(You need love)
(You're a preacher of the night)
Maria Magdalena
(You're a victim of the fight)
(You need love)
Promise me delight
(You need love)
Oh, oh, oh
(You're a preacher of the night)
Maria Magdalena
(You're a victim of the fight)
(You need love)
Promise me delight
(You need love)
(You're a preacher of the night)
Maria Magdalena
(You're a victim of the fight
(You need love)
Promise me delight
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I don't think that this is an outright comparison to the Biblical Maria Magdalena and her being a prostitute - in that, to me, the protagonist of the song isn't necessarily a prostitute herself. I think she refers to Maria Magdalena because this character used to be a promiscuous woman who was at the same time afraid of her sexuality; she gave up her old lifestyle and left behind her demons to become saved. To me, the protagonist is a girl who is neither promiscuous or vulgar, but neither does she consider her sexuality as something dirty and sinful. She won't be Maria Magdalena, because, first, she isn't a "slut", and secondly, she won't abandon her identity and sexuality to please anyone or to earn salvation from anyone. I think in the first verses she sings about how the man she loves demands her - if she loves him indeed - to devote herself to him completely and be "nice" She has her demons though, and she isn't perfect, she's her own person and it would be crazy for her to pretend to please him - if he hurts her, he'll understand that she's not always sweet and obedient. She won't identify herself with Maria Magdalena and she feels she has nothing to apologise for, and that she shouldn't abandon her nature. She's torn between being sexual and tough, and being the sweet kind of girl who needs love - therefore, she's a victim of the fight. She's not going to lie and pose for someone she's not to win his approval - she's been there and she knows what "the game" goes like. To me, this is a song about the modern woman who is neither a dirty harlot nor an overly sweet and silly bae, but lives in a world that keeps sending her mixed signals - on one hand, she's deemed as filthy and expected to behave, on another, she's meant to be desired and playful and successful.
A very good piece. :)
@paganpoetry Best description I've read! Makes this song so appropriate for our times even today.
@paganpoetry Best description I've read! Makes this song so appropriate for our times even today.
@paganpoetry Maria Magdalena wasn\'t a prostitute, that\'s not what the bible says.
@paganpoetry Maria Magdalena wasn\'t a prostitute, that\'s not what the bible says.
@paganpoetry Maria Magdalena wasn\'t a prostitute, that\'s not what the bible says.
@paganpoetry Maria Magdalena wasn\'t a prostitute, that\'s not what the bible says.
Maria magdelena was a prostitute but stopped prostituting this song is about being a prostitute and being in a relationship and she is saying to the guy she is with she will never change thats who she is, she has barriers up cos of what she does and she has become that person, someone who has a wall up around them and that she can never love properly.
while I do agree with the whole, her being a prostitute in the song and that she will never change, it is worth to say that the scriptures of the bible had been manipulated and mistranslated (big surprise the church is a very shady organization seeking control, not salvation of the human race) Mary Magdalene was never a prostitute. she was a woman who dared to speak the word of god (something that was at the time only reserved for men) and so she was considered a sinful women, of course the church went ahead and said she was...
while I do agree with the whole, her being a prostitute in the song and that she will never change, it is worth to say that the scriptures of the bible had been manipulated and mistranslated (big surprise the church is a very shady organization seeking control, not salvation of the human race) Mary Magdalene was never a prostitute. she was a woman who dared to speak the word of god (something that was at the time only reserved for men) and so she was considered a sinful women, of course the church went ahead and said she was a prostitute but in reality there's no evidence that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute at all.
@LiveToTell What do you mean the scriptures had been manipulated? The scriptures don\'t say at all that she was a prostitute, even in translated versions that\'s not the case.\r\nShe wasn\'t seen as a sinful person because of her speaking up; she was a sinful person because demons possessed her and therefore she acted sinful (that\'s the way it is described in scripture)
@LiveToTell What do you mean the scriptures had been manipulated? The scriptures don\'t say at all that she was a prostitute, even in translated versions that\'s not the case.\r\nShe wasn\'t seen as a sinful person because of her speaking up; she was a sinful person because demons possessed her and therefore she acted sinful (that\'s the way it is described in scripture)
Very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, good song.
What Coffie&cigarets said
incredible track
Catchy Euro-Pop-80s-Tune. I only tried this cause she's the voice of Enigma. I like the song. Meh... but the song lyrics are just stupid, they don't make sense.
Thank you so much Crazychick85 for actually using the comments for an interpretation, and not just to hijiack this songmeanings site and write personal comments like "I like the song" or "good song".
Crazychick85, I never thought about the song like that until I read your interpretation. Is it just your personal view or is it based on something the actual singer said?
I believe what crazychick85 is referring to is the Maria Magdalena of the Christian bible.
In parralel universes and lifecycles she always has been in the background, the silent love and comfort giver for the redeemer, supporting the battle between evil and good. but now she wants to try a different path, where she wants to taste other things,like delight and complete freedom without any bonding or sacrifices from her side ...in her bold arrogance she still begs for the pleasures the redeemer always has given her for what she had to offer to him.... in other words: sometimes, if you really love someone, you have to let them go....even if the universe crashes down on you by doing so. Because that is what she's asking for.