Y'all might need a class in remedial verbal irony. :) I don't think this particular song has anything to do with relationships.
Pentagrams, naked sacrificial rites, ashes of dead babies, evil eyes, silver and turquoise jewelry are all stereotypical trappings of satanism - which is easily confused with wicca and other pagan religions by people who really don't care about getting "evil things" right. They're using the ridiculousness of this misinterpretation to make the point that most people that follow a religion - even Christians - go through the trappings and don't understand why they're doing these rituals - they do them because they were told that they were the right thing to do.
Although, if you're dead set on the relationship thing, those rituals would include the marriage ritual. But I still don't think the dead babies have anything to do with it.
Finally - I think it's truly amusing and very subtle that they've made this a bluegrass tune. The root of the word pagan is paganus - which means "from the country", and bluegrass music is from the country.
Exactly; all this stuff about babies representing unprotected sex and stuff; man these people are really reaching. It's about religion and how foolish it is.
Exactly; all this stuff about babies representing unprotected sex and stuff; man these people are really reaching. It's about religion and how foolish it is.
"your pentagram is down below our floor" - note the word "our" meaning that he and she are shacked up. It's a relationship.
"your pentagram is down below our floor" - note the word "our" meaning that he and she are shacked up. It's a relationship.
If you listen to Cake a lot, you'll start to get an understanding of our hero's perspective, i.e. it's some dude from Sacramento. You must think like a dude from Sacramento to understand.
If you listen to Cake a lot, you'll start to get an understanding of our hero's perspective, i.e. it's some dude from Sacramento. You must think like a dude from Sacramento to understand.
Y'all might need a class in remedial verbal irony. :) I don't think this particular song has anything to do with relationships.
Pentagrams, naked sacrificial rites, ashes of dead babies, evil eyes, silver and turquoise jewelry are all stereotypical trappings of satanism - which is easily confused with wicca and other pagan religions by people who really don't care about getting "evil things" right. They're using the ridiculousness of this misinterpretation to make the point that most people that follow a religion - even Christians - go through the trappings and don't understand why they're doing these rituals - they do them because they were told that they were the right thing to do.
Although, if you're dead set on the relationship thing, those rituals would include the marriage ritual. But I still don't think the dead babies have anything to do with it.
Finally - I think it's truly amusing and very subtle that they've made this a bluegrass tune. The root of the word pagan is paganus - which means "from the country", and bluegrass music is from the country.
Exactly; all this stuff about babies representing unprotected sex and stuff; man these people are really reaching. It's about religion and how foolish it is.
Exactly; all this stuff about babies representing unprotected sex and stuff; man these people are really reaching. It's about religion and how foolish it is.
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"your pentagram is down below our floor" - note the word "our" meaning that he and she are shacked up. It's a relationship.
"your pentagram is down below our floor" - note the word "our" meaning that he and she are shacked up. It's a relationship.
If you listen to Cake a lot, you'll start to get an understanding of our hero's perspective, i.e. it's some dude from Sacramento. You must think like a dude from Sacramento to understand.
If you listen to Cake a lot, you'll start to get an understanding of our hero's perspective, i.e. it's some dude from Sacramento. You must think like a dude from Sacramento to understand.