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It's A Sin Lyrics
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When I look back upon my life
It's always with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too

It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin

At school they taught me how to be
So pure in thought and word and deed
They didn't quite succeed
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too

It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin

Father, forgive me, I tried not to do it
Turned over a new leaf, then tore right through it
Whatever you taught me, I didn't believe it
Father, you fought me, 'cause I didn't care
And I still don't understand

So I look back upon my life
Forever with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too

It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to - it's a sin
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin

(Confiteor Deo omnipotenti vobis fratres, quia peccavi nimis cogitatione,
verbo, opere et omissione, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa)

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regardemylasheskgm
06-11-2004

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kindof a poppy ode to doing things wrong, "sinful" i supose, then when everyone is mad at yoyu you have to step back and say hey, this is me i guess im just a sin

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Sozluk
01-05-2005

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This song is really about the religeous and cultural prejudice against male homosexuality. In the eyes of society[and the church of couse], if you're gay than you're inherently Bad(sinful) and there's nothing you can do yo redeme yourself.

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Giacks
07-12-2005

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Yeah... I think that it is about Homosexuality, as well as doing things that the "Moral Majority" percieves as sinful and wrong.

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aczinke
08-21-2005

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I agree. This song is definitely about a person's lifelong shame and guilt over his homosexuality. This individual most likely attended parochial school due to terms like "Father forgive me" and the ending phrase in latin which translates as:

I confess to almighty God
And to you my brothers
That I have sinned exceedingly
In thought, word, act and omission
Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault

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DC10
02-18-2006

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One of their greatest hits, this song is as has been suggested above, the Church's predjudice against homosexuality, and how his whole life is "a sin" because the church says so. The video for this song shows Neil as a religious figure begging for forgiveness.

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honestfi
09-01-2006

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it isn't just homosexuality. The catholic church were annoyed with this song, and that was before he came out of the closet. He was stating that no matter what he did, where he was, what he said, he was committing one of the 7 deadly sins, it was the way he had been made to think when he was at school and he is ironically stating about how impossible it is NOT to commit a 'sin'.

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clrrchrd
07-07-2007

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As a lapsed catholic myself, I really undersand the song.
You can't really go through life without "sinning" - this song gives catholism a kick up the arse. I love it.

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warmerdays
02-20-2009

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"Turned over a new leaf, and then torn right through it"

That line has some rather shocking sexual undertone, suggests violent penetration and sodomy.

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