I saw her live, and I noticed that just after the Mary and Joseph line, she sings "I want to bury you" not "I want to marry you". I think I can hear it in the backing vocal in the recorded version, but it hard to hear. It makes sense in the context of the song- conflicting emotions, with a bit of sarcasm.
I agree that in the live versions I've seen she sings "I want to bury you" rather than "I want to marry you" in the last part. This refers to two things: 1) she's disgusted by him, and his naivete and 2) she'll get all his stuff when he dies. I also see this song as being sung by a character that is deepy cynical and manipulative (and likely a prostitute - "I don't care what you are, I want to marry you" is John (her trick) talking. The person narrating this is not at all romantic about...
I agree that in the live versions I've seen she sings "I want to bury you" rather than "I want to marry you" in the last part. This refers to two things: 1) she's disgusted by him, and his naivete and 2) she'll get all his stuff when he dies. I also see this song as being sung by a character that is deepy cynical and manipulative (and likely a prostitute - "I don't care what you are, I want to marry you" is John (her trick) talking. The person narrating this is not at all romantic about marriage, and is not a very nice person, at all, as far as John is concerned. I saw a comment on Youtube to the tune of "I want this played at my wedding!" Oh, God, I hope no one ever plays this at their wedding.
I saw her live, and I noticed that just after the Mary and Joseph line, she sings "I want to bury you" not "I want to marry you". I think I can hear it in the backing vocal in the recorded version, but it hard to hear. It makes sense in the context of the song- conflicting emotions, with a bit of sarcasm.
I agree that in the live versions I've seen she sings "I want to bury you" rather than "I want to marry you" in the last part. This refers to two things: 1) she's disgusted by him, and his naivete and 2) she'll get all his stuff when he dies. I also see this song as being sung by a character that is deepy cynical and manipulative (and likely a prostitute - "I don't care what you are, I want to marry you" is John (her trick) talking. The person narrating this is not at all romantic about...
I agree that in the live versions I've seen she sings "I want to bury you" rather than "I want to marry you" in the last part. This refers to two things: 1) she's disgusted by him, and his naivete and 2) she'll get all his stuff when he dies. I also see this song as being sung by a character that is deepy cynical and manipulative (and likely a prostitute - "I don't care what you are, I want to marry you" is John (her trick) talking. The person narrating this is not at all romantic about marriage, and is not a very nice person, at all, as far as John is concerned. I saw a comment on Youtube to the tune of "I want this played at my wedding!" Oh, God, I hope no one ever plays this at their wedding.