@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
Deus does not exit.
But if he does, he lives in the sky above me,
In the fattest largest cloud up there.
He's whiter than white and cleaner then clean.
He wants to reach me.
Deus does not exist.
But if he does I always notice him.
Getting ready in his airy room.
He's picking his gloves so gently off.
He wants to touch me.
I'm walking humbly down a tiny street
Pulling my collar it gets bigger, woooh
I once met him,
It really surprised me,
He put me in a bath tub,
Made me squeeky clean,
Really clean.
To create a universe
You must taste
The forbidden fruit.
He said hi. I said hi,
I was still clean.
Deus does not exist,
But if he does he'd want to get down from that cloud,
First marzipan fingers then marble hands,
More silent than silence and slower than slow,
Diving towards me.
My collar is huge room for two hands,
They start at the chest and move slowly down.
I thought I had seen everything,
He wasn't white and fluffy,
He just had side burns,
He just had side burns,
And a quiff,
He said hi.
I said hi. I was still clean,
I was squeeky clean.
I was surprised.
Just as you would be.
Deus, Deus, Deus, Deus
He does not exist
He does not exist
He does not exist
He does not exist
But if he does, he lives in the sky above me,
In the fattest largest cloud up there.
He's whiter than white and cleaner then clean.
He wants to reach me.
Deus does not exist.
But if he does I always notice him.
Getting ready in his airy room.
He's picking his gloves so gently off.
He wants to touch me.
I'm walking humbly down a tiny street
Pulling my collar it gets bigger, woooh
I once met him,
It really surprised me,
He put me in a bath tub,
Made me squeeky clean,
Really clean.
To create a universe
You must taste
The forbidden fruit.
He said hi. I said hi,
I was still clean.
Deus does not exist,
But if he does he'd want to get down from that cloud,
First marzipan fingers then marble hands,
More silent than silence and slower than slow,
Diving towards me.
My collar is huge room for two hands,
They start at the chest and move slowly down.
I thought I had seen everything,
He wasn't white and fluffy,
He just had side burns,
He just had side burns,
And a quiff,
He said hi.
I said hi. I was still clean,
I was squeeky clean.
I was surprised.
Just as you would be.
Deus, Deus, Deus, Deus
He does not exist
He does not exist
He does not exist
He does not exist
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I think it's obviously a song about not believing in god, but I like that it sounds so optimistic. To me it's kind of like she's declaring that she doesn't believe in god but is daydreaming about how exciting and magical it would be if he did exist.
To me, it seems like she knows what she believes deep down, but is open to magical things in life and even though this is what she believes, she could be wrong. But in the end, she still believes it;)
This song is just so clean sounding and happy. It sounds carefree and I think that's a really nice change for a song with this subject matter. Kind of like " I don't believe this, but it's just my point of view and it isn't because I'm a bitter person."
This song is so good, I love it. They take something controversial, and maybe offensive to some. And produce such a hit!
The female vocal is fantasising about a with sexual relationship with god. This idea begins ambiguously ("He wants to reach me") but becomes more explicit as the song progresses ("He wants to touch me" and then "must taste the forbidden fruit").
I've neve been sure about the male vocal. It's either a counter-point to the female vocal (that god is cool and classy), or it's a much more subtle version of the female vocal (the sexual connection between god and people).
It is obvious to think that this song is just about a person who does not believe in God. I think it's more subtle. There are, I think, more layers.
Believing or not believing in a God is a universal phenomenon that is referenced and exploited as a basic principle in the lyrics. But I think there's more to it.
This song can be about a certain conquered adoration in a relationship. Possibly because someone has fallen head over heels in love, adores the other beyond measure, perhaps lost control for a moment, and then realizes she is not dealing with a God. She wants to believe in pure love and in the end he's just that standard smooth rock'n'roll guy with a quiff and sideburns. She no longer believes in this God.
On the other hand, it is also possible that it concerns a very questionable power relationship in which a dominant person who pretends to be a God controls a subjugated person via hierarchy (think of pedophilia or other power relations as in metoo situations). The subject person overcomes the power relationship and insists that she does not believe in God. The God who appears so squeeky clean is in fact much more primal as evidenced by his quiff and sideburns, while the subject person is still squeeky clean.
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Are you sure it's not "He just had sideburns, And a coif"? I love this song, BTW. Bjork is my superhero!
Or maybe not...lol i just realized that a quiff is a hairstyle. I learned something new. All this time I was imagining sideburns & a helmet under chainmail.