I think this song describes a girl he likes for all the wrong reasons, and it doesn't help that she's married or engaged to someone else. I think that his "praying to the wrong God" is like him guiltily wishing that she would break a commitment to be with him. He comments through the whole song about how she's really not that good of a person (bad opinions, migrant, and hates I love you's) but he's got this somewhat unexplainable desire for her even amidst her commitment to another and all her bad traits. I'm not aware of too many other songs with this theme. This is a great song and McLaughlin is amazing at what he does.
I think this song describes a girl he likes for all the wrong reasons, and it doesn't help that she's married or engaged to someone else. I think that his "praying to the wrong God" is like him guiltily wishing that she would break a commitment to be with him. He comments through the whole song about how she's really not that good of a person (bad opinions, migrant, and hates I love you's) but he's got this somewhat unexplainable desire for her even amidst her commitment to another and all her bad traits. I'm not aware of too many other songs with this theme. This is a great song and McLaughlin is amazing at what he does.