To my mind, the religious references to the divine and to the Christian idea of resurrection are obvious. Even the video (set in a desert in Israel, apparently) plays with those ideas. The notion of the barren land in need of replenishment is also biblical.\n\nRather than sexuality, then, I think the singer longs for a renewed spiritual (or simply emotional) connection with her lover, rather than the death of her relationship.
To my mind, the religious references to the divine and to the Christian idea of resurrection are obvious. Even the video (set in a desert in Israel, apparently) plays with those ideas. The notion of the barren land in need of replenishment is also biblical.\n\nRather than sexuality, then, I think the singer longs for a renewed spiritual (or simply emotional) connection with her lover, rather than the death of her relationship.