This song isn't actually a joke, or even about necrophilia. It obviously uses sex with dead girls as a theme to be provocative, but there is a deeper, more serious meaning to it.
Basically, the song isn't defending necrophilia, it's criticizing humanity. Voltaire is pointing out how cruel we are to each other, and how much it hurts to be rejected by people. From the perspective of the man on trial, "living women" are a source of pain, alienation, and desperation, all of which are rectified by death. In essence, the only good lover is a dead one. The dead girl isn't hurtful, judgmental, or cruel, but instead she is the closest he will ever come to unconditional acceptance.
The line "Sad as it seems" isn't meant to make us pity the man, but make us ashamed of ourselves.
This song isn't actually a joke, or even about necrophilia. It obviously uses sex with dead girls as a theme to be provocative, but there is a deeper, more serious meaning to it.
Basically, the song isn't defending necrophilia, it's criticizing humanity. Voltaire is pointing out how cruel we are to each other, and how much it hurts to be rejected by people. From the perspective of the man on trial, "living women" are a source of pain, alienation, and desperation, all of which are rectified by death. In essence, the only good lover is a dead one. The dead girl isn't hurtful, judgmental, or cruel, but instead she is the closest he will ever come to unconditional acceptance.
The line "Sad as it seems" isn't meant to make us pity the man, but make us ashamed of ourselves.
As horrible as it is thats the meaning i got from it too.
As horrible as it is thats the meaning i got from it too.