Priests and Paramedics

The tension builds and the rehearsal becomes played out. The wife does kill her husband. This song is not about the husband or the wife, but new characters are introduced. As the title points out, it is about paramedics and a priest. These characters have much in common. They have both become apathetic to their jobs. The paramedics have to put their “poker faces on” to get up in the morning. As they tell the husband he is going to be all right, they do so apathetically. They are so numb to death and dying. In the same sense, the priest is also aphetic. He has given up all hope. The friends of the husband are craving relief. However, the priest is tired and tragically has put on his poker face. “You’re gonna die, we’re all gonna die” he says. He has lost the faith. He wonders why we “postpone the unavoidable”. Bazan has never been dishonest about people of faith. They are also prone to lose hope. This priest who could have been the shining character in the story is tragically not. Society has also lost hope. Bazan is not done, though…