Well, the song is clearly directed at someone, and the last few lines suggest a lover.
The KKK have a doomed, Southern Gothic romanticism about them (as well as the stupid opinions on race and religion) as I guess do Christian Stigmatics - both are a kind of faith taken too far, but in a an almost mystical sense, rather than just extremism.
There's something about the fall from Eden in this - that's how some in south see what's happed since the civil war. The kindgom of fire is a reference to hell and the lines around it suggest it's everywhere around us. Kiss on my hand is a romantic, courtly allusion but the way he sings it with the words dark and kiss rolling into one is rather Faustian. The dark kiss is given by or to the devil. The romance in sequence verse I think is easier to read at a literal level. You love, it ends, you move on to another burning heart. No wonder he's tired.
By the way, isn't it get "into" bed? The version given here makes no sense with the lines around it.
Probably the biggest clue that it's basically about an doomed love affair is the title - we all know what happened to the only famous Romeo...
Well, the song is clearly directed at someone, and the last few lines suggest a lover. The KKK have a doomed, Southern Gothic romanticism about them (as well as the stupid opinions on race and religion) as I guess do Christian Stigmatics - both are a kind of faith taken too far, but in a an almost mystical sense, rather than just extremism. There's something about the fall from Eden in this - that's how some in south see what's happed since the civil war. The kindgom of fire is a reference to hell and the lines around it suggest it's everywhere around us. Kiss on my hand is a romantic, courtly allusion but the way he sings it with the words dark and kiss rolling into one is rather Faustian. The dark kiss is given by or to the devil. The romance in sequence verse I think is easier to read at a literal level. You love, it ends, you move on to another burning heart. No wonder he's tired. By the way, isn't it get "into" bed? The version given here makes no sense with the lines around it. Probably the biggest clue that it's basically about an doomed love affair is the title - we all know what happened to the only famous Romeo...
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