So this is just my personal interpretation. Because there have been many times in my life during conversations where I would like to have said, "No please please don't go all supernatural on me" and by it I would mean, don't start talking to me about God. It makes me sad. Or maybe I need real help, I am sick and in a terrible situation and you say "God has a plan" and I think "oh no..."
There isn't much evidence for this in the lyrics. You'd kind of have to take the song as a metaphor for this interpretation. But I think it has potential because of "Into my arms": "I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know darling that you do"
As to what hellas said five years ago about the rhythm, it totally makes me want to dance to. Though I usually listen to it lying in bed after I've taken some kind of sleeping pill. It reminds me of that Nina Simone song Sinner man. They're pretty similar.
So this is just my personal interpretation. Because there have been many times in my life during conversations where I would like to have said, "No please please don't go all supernatural on me" and by it I would mean, don't start talking to me about God. It makes me sad. Or maybe I need real help, I am sick and in a terrible situation and you say "God has a plan" and I think "oh no..."
There isn't much evidence for this in the lyrics. You'd kind of have to take the song as a metaphor for this interpretation. But I think it has potential because of "Into my arms": "I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know darling that you do"
As to what hellas said five years ago about the rhythm, it totally makes me want to dance to. Though I usually listen to it lying in bed after I've taken some kind of sleeping pill. It reminds me of that Nina Simone song Sinner man. They're pretty similar.
Nick Cave understands the Bible quite well as he's studied it since he was very young, and references it in almost everything he writes.
Nick Cave understands the Bible quite well as he's studied it since he was very young, and references it in almost everything he writes.