The Boy with the Thorn in His Side

It's so sad how low the level of discourse is on this site. In the case of Smith's lyrics, we have the incessant whinings from the, 'it's about a gay relationship' camp. Then, we have the teenage literalists who end up being the butt of the joke because they don't get that the overwrought teenage angst that is present in like 99% of all Smith's songs is most likely meant to be humorous. And, if it's not meant to be humorous, it still is. (However, I think that it's a safe bet that the man who wrote "Shoplifters of the world unite and take over" has a sense of humor and that it's a common element in most of his work.)

This song. Let's see. 'The boy with the thorn in his side' is an obvious reference to the crucifixion story of the Jesus myth. Does this make the song simply 'about JESUS' as omnibuswill thinks it does? Maybe. But maybe art is open to intrepretation and maybe the reference to Jesus only serves as an opener (no pun intended) to something else? I think the christian overtones to this song are obvious, but is there something else there? Something bigger? Like a theme that love, whether it's Jesus' supposed loved for humanity or the love between two people (regardless of their sexual orientation) should be meaningful and acceptable to people and yet somehow isn't. Maybe each of us is a 'boy with the thorn in his side'? Maybe the sone is about how we are all in some way injured by societal repression and looking for acceptance in a cruel and uncaring world?

Is it too much to ask that those of you who have nothing insightful to say just quit posting your incessant tripe and start trying to dig a little deeper and then come back and add something when you've thought a little more about life, art, music, poetry, etc?