Hey, it might just be me, but this song seems like it was inspired by Arthur Miller's "The Crucible". I mean, things like "turn like a wheel inside a wheel" are almost a direct quote from the play (obviously they both came from the Bible). Other lines like "God help us!/ Help us loose our minds!" and "What's the matter with him?/ He's alright" seem to pretty closely reflect the ideas in that play as well.
Of course David Byrne wouldn't keep a song restricted to one meaning, like he said about "Girlfriend is better", "I started writing a song about love, and ended up writing a song about something else" (as butcherjuj puts it)
Hey, it might just be me, but this song seems like it was inspired by Arthur Miller's "The Crucible". I mean, things like "turn like a wheel inside a wheel" are almost a direct quote from the play (obviously they both came from the Bible). Other lines like "God help us!/ Help us loose our minds!" and "What's the matter with him?/ He's alright" seem to pretty closely reflect the ideas in that play as well. Of course David Byrne wouldn't keep a song restricted to one meaning, like he said about "Girlfriend is better", "I started writing a song about love, and ended up writing a song about something else" (as butcherjuj puts it)
Anyone agree?