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Part 2 Smitten Lyrics
Came upon a cave, 30 years or so, before the thing they fuss about
They fuss about when I come to gather You
When You’re old enough to speak, You will undo me
I’ll have no doubt, I’ll have no throat to close my hands around
But for now just sleep
I’ll be here when you wake
Because I came, here am I, I’m here to see Your face
To look upon the Great Unmaker
I want You to come and say everything to me
Everything to me
I came, here am I, I’m here to see Your face
Look upon to Great Unmaker
I want You to come and say everthing to me
I want you to come and save everything
Save everything from me
They fuss about when I come to gather You
When You’re old enough to speak, You will undo me
I’ll have no doubt, I’ll have no throat to close my hands around
But for now just sleep
I’ll be here when you wake
To look upon the Great Unmaker
I want You to come and say everything to me
Everything to me
Look upon to Great Unmaker
I want You to come and say everthing to me
I want you to come and save everything
Save everything from me
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This song is clearly part 2 of Death's trilogy on the album. But this does not depict Death on the job, instead it describes Death meeting someone in a cave. This person must be young do to their inability to speak. And based on the way that Death speaks to Him it is clear that the infant is Jesus Christ. The allusions to the infants identity lie in the "30 years or so" remark (33 years old being Christ's age at death/resurrection), the lyric about when Jesus being old enough to speak, and the concept of Jesus being the "Great Unmaker" from the perspective of Death. Jesus was able to raise the dead through the use of His words, therefore, Death would see Jesus as an adversary capable of destroying or "unmaking" him. This why the song concludes with a different version of the chorus, "I want you to come and save everything, save everything from me".