Why do people automatically assume that songs are metaphors? This song is literally about a preacher from Alabama who killed his wife and hid her body in a freezer.
“I saw a news article about a preacher who killed his wife and had hidden it and was still preaching to a large congregation,” Commons said of the inspiration for “The Preacher.”
@matthewg0w Hah, thank you. It always bugs me when people start reading tea leaves when there's a perfectly good literal interpretation right there.
@matthewg0w Hah, thank you. It always bugs me when people start reading tea leaves when there's a perfectly good literal interpretation right there.
I will say though, there I think there is an allusion to the story of Abraham and Isaac from the old testament. You know, the dude who god told to sacrifice his son on a mountaintop, was totally going to go through with it, then at the last minute an angel from god stopped him (earning him praise from god but probably a Worst Father of the Year mug next Fathers Day from his son). The...
I will say though, there I think there is an allusion to the story of Abraham and Isaac from the old testament. You know, the dude who god told to sacrifice his son on a mountaintop, was totally going to go through with it, then at the last minute an angel from god stopped him (earning him praise from god but probably a Worst Father of the Year mug next Fathers Day from his son). The reference to the mountaintop and "your work's been done" bring that rather dark and messed up story to mind for me. I think he's claiming god told him to do it.
@matthewg0w I had the western dark romantic notion was it was a preacher who took vengeance upon the killing of his family - and lost jesus and his family - when he killed the murderers. And now he's hanging for their murders. (shrug) I liked my interpretation because when I was at a low point in my life, I drowned in the song, and was engulfed in the imagery of this dark tragic cowboy preacher.
@matthewg0w I had the western dark romantic notion was it was a preacher who took vengeance upon the killing of his family - and lost jesus and his family - when he killed the murderers. And now he's hanging for their murders. (shrug) I liked my interpretation because when I was at a low point in my life, I drowned in the song, and was engulfed in the imagery of this dark tragic cowboy preacher.
Why do people automatically assume that songs are metaphors? This song is literally about a preacher from Alabama who killed his wife and hid her body in a freezer.
“I saw a news article about a preacher who killed his wife and had hidden it and was still preaching to a large congregation,” Commons said of the inspiration for “The Preacher.”
Here's the news article: http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/31/preacher.freezer/index.html?_s=PM:CRIM.
@matthewg0w Hah, thank you. It always bugs me when people start reading tea leaves when there's a perfectly good literal interpretation right there.
@matthewg0w Hah, thank you. It always bugs me when people start reading tea leaves when there's a perfectly good literal interpretation right there.
I will say though, there I think there is an allusion to the story of Abraham and Isaac from the old testament. You know, the dude who god told to sacrifice his son on a mountaintop, was totally going to go through with it, then at the last minute an angel from god stopped him (earning him praise from god but probably a Worst Father of the Year mug next Fathers Day from his son). The...
I will say though, there I think there is an allusion to the story of Abraham and Isaac from the old testament. You know, the dude who god told to sacrifice his son on a mountaintop, was totally going to go through with it, then at the last minute an angel from god stopped him (earning him praise from god but probably a Worst Father of the Year mug next Fathers Day from his son). The reference to the mountaintop and "your work's been done" bring that rather dark and messed up story to mind for me. I think he's claiming god told him to do it.
@matthewg0w Thank you.
@matthewg0w Thank you.
@matthewg0w I had the western dark romantic notion was it was a preacher who took vengeance upon the killing of his family - and lost jesus and his family - when he killed the murderers. And now he's hanging for their murders. (shrug) I liked my interpretation because when I was at a low point in my life, I drowned in the song, and was engulfed in the imagery of this dark tragic cowboy preacher.
@matthewg0w I had the western dark romantic notion was it was a preacher who took vengeance upon the killing of his family - and lost jesus and his family - when he killed the murderers. And now he's hanging for their murders. (shrug) I liked my interpretation because when I was at a low point in my life, I drowned in the song, and was engulfed in the imagery of this dark tragic cowboy preacher.