There are so many comments and, obviously, the St. Cecilia angle od the lyric play is pretty obvious.
So I will just add my two cents on St. Cecilia herself and how she plays into the word play of the song.
Long story short, St. Cecilia was martyred. They first tried suffocating her and when that didn't work they attempted to behead her twice and finally succeeded on a third.
Pretty gruesome, but important...artists suffer for their work. Many artists would rather die than stop doing what they do. And many feel suffocated.
The fact that it took Cecilia two days to die is an indication of the "muse" never dying...at least being around for a long, long time.
There are so many comments and, obviously, the St. Cecilia angle od the lyric play is pretty obvious.
So I will just add my two cents on St. Cecilia herself and how she plays into the word play of the song.
Long story short, St. Cecilia was martyred. They first tried suffocating her and when that didn't work they attempted to behead her twice and finally succeeded on a third.
Pretty gruesome, but important...artists suffer for their work. Many artists would rather die than stop doing what they do. And many feel suffocated.
The fact that it took Cecilia two days to die is an indication of the "muse" never dying...at least being around for a long, long time.