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Vacuum of god

Gobbets of me
wrapped in tissue through the side blow
that had somehow slipped from you

Vacuum of god
and there you go

I nursed you like a crown
hanging upside down
half of a big ship drown
My life weeping to your feet
on gallows of love

Tear a kiss
into a lie of bliss

Shouts with a voice you can't hear
for what you can't bear
from world's void juice
emptied by words

Vacuum of god
and there you go

From world's void juice
emptied by words

emptied by words

emptied by words
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baviaan On Feb 12, 2012
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could be my hormons throwing me way off, but i feel this song is about love. 'vacuum of god' and 'world's void juice' make me think of vagina (am i too blunt?). 'tear a kiss into a lie of bliss' 'emptied by words' could hint at the way rethorical and sociocultural convention taint and empty the most primal, authentic and natural form of love. this song in particular seems to me the story of a lover who hurt and betrayed her.

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Vacuum of god = a black hole?

Someone disappeared perhaps? Not in a missing person type of way, but in a "they left" or even an "I'm ridding you from my life" kind of way.

Amen

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I don't think these lyrics are even right. "half a bit- drown" WTF? It sounds to me like "half a big ship drowned." I realize English isn't her first language. These lyrics look like either the singer, or someone at her record company used a Bablefish translating app to come up with them. The song may be about Christ.

Yeah, the "vacuum of God" sounds like the emptiness and separation he experienced ("Why have you forsaken me?"). The "goblet of me" is the cup with his 'blood' in it from "the side blow" where he was pierced.

I'm not sure about the second verse. "I nursed you like a crown, hanging upside down...". Some believe Peter was martyred on an upside down cross. Perhaps the second verse is from his perspective?

"half of a bit, - drown"? The "-" is a bleeped swear word, obviously. But I still don't...

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"I nursed you like a crown / Hanging upside down / Half of a BITCH it drowned". It's pretty clear that she says that, why to ignore it.

It's 'half of a big ship- drown'

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I agree with the Jesus interpretation. Some of Anja's other songs make seeming references to Christ and specifically his death - Thanatos for example.

There is a picture of Anja sitting with her piano with what is clearly a Greek painting of the Theotokos on the wall. Maybe it's just art, but Austria is very Catholic so it's likely Anja was raised to be.

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