I feel like this song is being sung by the girl hooked up to life support in Depeche Mode's Blasphemous Rumours. Perhaps singing to Martin Gore's narrator... Just before they pull the plug... "Unholy and dirty words" == "Blasphemous Rumours" ... When the ventilator "breathes" it's breathing for her too -- "breathing for two" ... Get it? At that point in the game, she'd surely be happy that God is in heaven laughing at us (as suggested by Gore), because at least then, that would mean there IS a God, and this isn't the final-final ending for her. In response to his laughing, she keeps saying, "I hope it's true..." One thing I'm sure of: I can't hear a shred of romance or joy in a single syllable of these lyrics. The title itself sets a tone of helplessness and resignation.
I feel like this song is being sung by the girl hooked up to life support in Depeche Mode's Blasphemous Rumours. Perhaps singing to Martin Gore's narrator... Just before they pull the plug... "Unholy and dirty words" == "Blasphemous Rumours" ... When the ventilator "breathes" it's breathing for her too -- "breathing for two" ... Get it? At that point in the game, she'd surely be happy that God is in heaven laughing at us (as suggested by Gore), because at least then, that would mean there IS a God, and this isn't the final-final ending for her. In response to his laughing, she keeps saying, "I hope it's true..." One thing I'm sure of: I can't hear a shred of romance or joy in a single syllable of these lyrics. The title itself sets a tone of helplessness and resignation.