This has a definite Ben feel to it. A lot of his songs are based on dreams he has or stories that have just popped into his mind. I would say it's a forsaking of religion, or even St John's story as he may have told it.
There are two significant St. Johns in Catholicism. One is John the Baptist, and the other (most likely) is St John of God (Juan Ciudad) who after hearing a priest speak in his village had a revelation and a sudden insight into the Gospels; how different they were from those he had assumed up to that time. This profound religious experience led him to behave so radically that he was considered to be mad, and placed into an asylum. Not so bad these days, but we're talking the 1500s here!
Anywho, he spent about a year inside the institution, helping to improve the conditions of the other patients in any way that he could. From then onwards (the last ten years of his life) he devoted his time to caring for the sick and needy people in his village and established what has become known as 'the St John of God way of health care'. He was canonized a saint in 1690, declared patron of the sick and hospitals in 1886 by Pope Leo XIII and was named the Patron of Nurses by Pope Pius XI in 1930.
Also, here in Australia, we have the St John's Ambulance Service.
well does any1 thing that this song could possibly be about the daughter feeling like her mother couldnt protect her from some sort of evil. maybe rape? she does say you failed to keep me safe. all parents want to protect there kids and in times like these the parents say that. but idk. im just making sugestions.
well does any1 thing that this song could possibly be about the daughter feeling like her mother couldnt protect her from some sort of evil. maybe rape? she does say you failed to keep me safe. all parents want to protect there kids and in times like these the parents say that. but idk. im just making sugestions.
This has a definite Ben feel to it. A lot of his songs are based on dreams he has or stories that have just popped into his mind. I would say it's a forsaking of religion, or even St John's story as he may have told it.
There are two significant St. Johns in Catholicism. One is John the Baptist, and the other (most likely) is St John of God (Juan Ciudad) who after hearing a priest speak in his village had a revelation and a sudden insight into the Gospels; how different they were from those he had assumed up to that time. This profound religious experience led him to behave so radically that he was considered to be mad, and placed into an asylum. Not so bad these days, but we're talking the 1500s here!
Anywho, he spent about a year inside the institution, helping to improve the conditions of the other patients in any way that he could. From then onwards (the last ten years of his life) he devoted his time to caring for the sick and needy people in his village and established what has become known as 'the St John of God way of health care'. He was canonized a saint in 1690, declared patron of the sick and hospitals in 1886 by Pope Leo XIII and was named the Patron of Nurses by Pope Pius XI in 1930.
Also, here in Australia, we have the St John's Ambulance Service.
well does any1 thing that this song could possibly be about the daughter feeling like her mother couldnt protect her from some sort of evil. maybe rape? she does say you failed to keep me safe. all parents want to protect there kids and in times like these the parents say that. but idk. im just making sugestions.
well does any1 thing that this song could possibly be about the daughter feeling like her mother couldnt protect her from some sort of evil. maybe rape? she does say you failed to keep me safe. all parents want to protect there kids and in times like these the parents say that. but idk. im just making sugestions.
Dude.
Dude.
Anyway, found out, was actually written by Carly, and St. John is the name of the asylum she lived near in Dublin, Ireland.
Anyway, found out, was actually written by Carly, and St. John is the name of the asylum she lived near in Dublin, Ireland.