Ok...here's what I have. To "Give Up The Ghost" means to die. So, the host (the person who gathers people together) is the Husband/Dead Guy. It's his funeral who has gathered them together so he is "The Host" who has "Given Up The Ghost" (died). The Tax Collector won't forgive someone's debt just because they died (The death of debtors, He won't forgive) so he rides out w/ his men and takes the silver off of their eyes (the one's used to pay the Ferryman, as Wilks pointed out)which is why he's stuck here. Now, the Lazarus reference, in John, Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead after being down for 4 days. Also, "dripping with the waters of Sheol", Sheol used to be the name of the place that sould went to before there was a Heaven (thank you, 5 years of Catholic School and 2 years of being an alter boy), so Lazarus is back and dripping w/ soul juice....I think that the Lazarus referance indicates that maybe the Lord himself had a hand in all of this business. The people who stink of smoke and 10 cent gin are the people at the funeral. The woman who is "staring madly at the roast" is the murderer. Now, the rib of Adam created the eyes of Eve by being the source of her creation. So, since Adam created Eve w/ his rib, she n turn creates Cain & Abel. And one murders the other, however gets women and his own place (?) but isn't heald responsible. So neither, in this case, is the murderer. Am I making sense here? Lemme know.
Ok...here's what I have. To "Give Up The Ghost" means to die. So, the host (the person who gathers people together) is the Husband/Dead Guy. It's his funeral who has gathered them together so he is "The Host" who has "Given Up The Ghost" (died). The Tax Collector won't forgive someone's debt just because they died (The death of debtors, He won't forgive) so he rides out w/ his men and takes the silver off of their eyes (the one's used to pay the Ferryman, as Wilks pointed out)which is why he's stuck here. Now, the Lazarus reference, in John, Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead after being down for 4 days. Also, "dripping with the waters of Sheol", Sheol used to be the name of the place that sould went to before there was a Heaven (thank you, 5 years of Catholic School and 2 years of being an alter boy), so Lazarus is back and dripping w/ soul juice....I think that the Lazarus referance indicates that maybe the Lord himself had a hand in all of this business. The people who stink of smoke and 10 cent gin are the people at the funeral. The woman who is "staring madly at the roast" is the murderer. Now, the rib of Adam created the eyes of Eve by being the source of her creation. So, since Adam created Eve w/ his rib, she n turn creates Cain & Abel. And one murders the other, however gets women and his own place (?) but isn't heald responsible. So neither, in this case, is the murderer. Am I making sense here? Lemme know.
Awesome. Yours is the best. I am recently obsessed with this song and this helps.
Awesome. Yours is the best. I am recently obsessed with this song and this helps.