| Joni Mitchell – The Priest Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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You're kidding me, right? This song is about a priest who is meeting someone in an airport bar wearing a borrowed tie instead of a collar so as not to draw attention to himself. He is meeting a woman who is attracted to him (and he to her) and they are considering having an affair. "And he took his contradictions out and splashed them on my brow." (He's a celibate priest, he's a man with sexual desires...enough contradiction for you?) "the sermons the hymns and the Valentines." which of these will she take? I vote for the Valentine. As for the last verse...I have always wanted to ask Joni herself, but wouldn't you want to run away from the judgmental people of this world and their prurient interests as they circle the wagons around their moral beliefs?" Let them both confess", like in a tabloid magazine, so we can all feel self righteous and justified. I mean, he is a priest! Juicy stuff for the the repressed rest of us! You also might try finding out a thing or two about the composers very rich and colorful life. You'll feel a tad less clueless about the songs she wrote. |
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