Holly Holy

Thank you, Zen911, for your most informative comments, and thank you everybody for your input. My legs have been partially paralyzed for over 60 years--since I was a baby, and I love the line about the lame man gonna fly. I interpret the song from a romantic and a Christian perspective, and I see the two as compatible. Christian theology sees a husband-wife relationship between G_d and Israel in the Hebrew scriptures (Old Testament) and between Christ and his church in the Greek scriptures (New Testament). FWIW, the sun/Son play on words is used frequently, as is the reference to Jesus as the seed or offspring of Eve in Genesis 3 and the offspring of Mary in Luke 1-2. As to a Jew using Christian imagery, I would look to Neil's song "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show." I played piano for three years in an Assemblies of God church, so I'm very familiar with the religious version of tension, climax and release. Thanks for this great forum!