Well, the whole town's talkin'
'Bout the line I'm walkin'
That leads right to your door
The main character is leading a bad life "that leads right to your door."
I saw the light, I've been baptized
By the fire in your touch and the flame in your eyes
I'm born to love again
I'm a brand new man
Fire in your touch and flame in your eyes. And it begins with "I saw the light". Lucifer is a name that means Light Bringer. Fire in the touch and flame in his eyes would be characteristics of this entity.
I realize it's probably a song about falling in love with an attractive woman. Do note, interestingly, that female pronouns are not ever used in this song to describe the object of his affection. And when Keith Urban sang it it took on an unsettling new possible meaning. We all know that in the music industry, the old story (from Robert Johnson and even before) is that the price of fame is to meet the Devil at the Crossroads and sell him your soul, and this was Brooks & Dunn's first hit song.
Ahh shit thank you for ruining them so well! I was skeptical that you were reading too much into it, but you explained it perfectly and I cannot unsee/hear it now...
I grew up on Brooks and Dunn, being betrayed by Garth (finding out the pedo connections) never bothered me in terms of removing him from my collection, but this hurts if B&D knowingly alluded to the devil
Do tell how you interpret that
Well, the whole town's talkin' 'Bout the line I'm walkin' That leads right to your door
I saw the light, I've been baptized By the fire in your touch and the flame in your eyes I'm born to love again I'm a brand new man
I realize it's probably a song about falling in love with an attractive woman. Do note, interestingly, that female pronouns are not ever used in this song to describe the object of his affection. And when Keith Urban sang it it took on an unsettling new possible meaning. We all know that in the music industry, the old story (from Robert Johnson and even before) is that the price of fame is to meet the Devil at the Crossroads and sell him your soul, and this was Brooks & Dunn's first hit song.
Ahh shit thank you for ruining them so well! I was skeptical that you were reading too much into it, but you explained it perfectly and I cannot unsee/hear it now...
Yeah. It bothers me a little bit.
But the song is sooo good (in my opinion), and ultimately if you like it, it's your song now.
I grew up on Brooks and Dunn, being betrayed by Garth (finding out the pedo connections) never bothered me in terms of removing him from my collection, but this hurts if B&D knowingly alluded to the devil