I agree with almost all of you on this one! I never thought about this being about his mormonism (or religion alone), but it DOES make a lot of sense. More than anything, I believed it to be about sin, and surrounding oneself with temptation. Now, I still believe that, but also factor in the fact that his father was a mormon, and the line "I'm not afraid of you no more". He starts saying "Daddy I'm not gonna tell you that I'm sorry, there ain't nothin you can do to change my mind". So, anytime in this song that he's addressing another person in this song, you have to assume it's his father. (other than "you know you're gonna hurt somebody tonight....here is he is talking to himself, probably through his father's voice in his head). Overall, great song. So many people I allow to hear this music (Flowers/Killers) think it "weird". I don't know why they don't appreciate the beauty of deep, meaningful lyrics and a great sound at the same time!!
I agree with almost all of you on this one! I never thought about this being about his mormonism (or religion alone), but it DOES make a lot of sense. More than anything, I believed it to be about sin, and surrounding oneself with temptation. Now, I still believe that, but also factor in the fact that his father was a mormon, and the line "I'm not afraid of you no more". He starts saying "Daddy I'm not gonna tell you that I'm sorry, there ain't nothin you can do to change my mind". So, anytime in this song that he's addressing another person in this song, you have to assume it's his father. (other than "you know you're gonna hurt somebody tonight....here is he is talking to himself, probably through his father's voice in his head). Overall, great song. So many people I allow to hear this music (Flowers/Killers) think it "weird". I don't know why they don't appreciate the beauty of deep, meaningful lyrics and a great sound at the same time!!