Harmless Sparks Lyrics

Lyric discussion by nathanstaph 

Cover art for Harmless Sparks lyrics by David Bazan

"They might have burned" ...Anyone have any ideas what that line is referring to?

Thanks

Referring to the priests breaking their vow of chastity and burning in Hell as a consequence.

He's suggesting that the priests, instead of unnaturally withholding sexual urges to the point of raping young boys, should have experimented sexually with the nuns.

This way they would not cause others to question their beliefs, and consequently lead millions astray.

Thanks daryl11047...you nailed it, man. Dunno how I never saw that with "burned" referring to hell. Man, what a powerful song... Thanks again.

It's likely a name-check of Paul's counsel, "It is better to marry than to burn..." Bazan is bouncing off of that (referring to sexual desire) but I suppose he liked the bonus echoes of hellfire and deployed them intentionally