What if the saints reference is a bit more metaphorical? Saints are often considered to be ancestors in a way and this song could be referencing maybe family pictures or something such as that. I agree that overall this is talking about a rather innocent girl who is trying to be less that way. The line "you can hurt me do whatever you like"? My overall sense [partially due to my personal bias I guess] is it is about a girl who is like a guy's sister friend wise, who is drunk, and maybe a bit screwed in the head. They get drunk and he tries to bring her home to her place. She tries t seduce him and he knows it would be taking advantage of her. I think there is a bit of a religious undertone but that could easily all be metaphorical. Morals are definitely thought of with religion a lot of the time and you could easily use Catholic imagery any time you want. It easily removes things from a situation so that it can be seen through new eyes and interrupted into other people's eyes.
What if the saints reference is a bit more metaphorical? Saints are often considered to be ancestors in a way and this song could be referencing maybe family pictures or something such as that. I agree that overall this is talking about a rather innocent girl who is trying to be less that way. The line "you can hurt me do whatever you like"? My overall sense [partially due to my personal bias I guess] is it is about a girl who is like a guy's sister friend wise, who is drunk, and maybe a bit screwed in the head. They get drunk and he tries to bring her home to her place. She tries t seduce him and he knows it would be taking advantage of her. I think there is a bit of a religious undertone but that could easily all be metaphorical. Morals are definitely thought of with religion a lot of the time and you could easily use Catholic imagery any time you want. It easily removes things from a situation so that it can be seen through new eyes and interrupted into other people's eyes.