The Man That Murdered Love
Eternal Chains: Confessions of Love's Accomplice
Lyrics
I did the crime
I committed a crime
Now I done my time
I served my sentence
But I can't bring back sweet Caroline
I cannot undo the loss of sweet Caroline
And I'll be known for the rest of my life
I'll carry the reputation for the rest of my life
As the man who murdered Love
I'm identified as the person who killed Love
Caroline, sweet Caroline
Referring to Caroline, emphasizing her sweetness
When I last saw her she'd become divine
Caroline transformed into something divine
The Devil took my hands and then he took her life
The narrator, influenced by the Devil, caused her death
On the night I murdered Love
Reiterating the night Love was murdered
What can I say?
Expressing difficulty in conveying the experience
I ain't in prison but I'
Despite freedom, still feeling restrained
M still in chains
The narrator is metaphorically chained
What do you know?
Questioning others' understanding
You don't know nothing
Claiming ignorance until losing one's soul
Til you got no soul
Insight into the consequence of losing one's soul
And no-one ever gonna want to know
Predicting social rejection for the murderer
The man that murdered Love
Emphasizing the identity as the Love murderer
I got some smokes from a man who tokes
Obtaining cigarettes from a drug user
He don't know me like the others know
Highlighting a lack of deep understanding
He tells me stories I already know
Hearing redundant stories about Love's murder
About the time he murdered Love
Reflecting on another person's Love-related crime
Joanie Jo, sweet Joanie Jo
Referencing Joanie Jo and her tragic fate
When he last saw her she was shooting dope
Describing Joanie Jo's descent into drug addiction
The Devil cooked it up and then he watched her choke
The Devil's involvement in Joanie Jo's demise
On the night he murdered Love
Revisiting the night Joanie Jo killed Love
What can I say?
Reiterating the sense of being bound despite freedom
I ain't in prison but I'm still in chains
Continued feeling of metaphorical chains
What do you know?
Reiterating the idea that others lack understanding
The chains ain't ever gonna go away, no no
The metaphorical chains persist
What can I say?
Expressing the irrevocable loss of the narrator's soul
The Devil took my soul and then he walked away yeah yeah
The Devil claimed the narrator's soul and departed
What do you know?
Reiterating the theme of ignorance without a soul
You don't know nothing
Highlighting the consequence of soullessness
Til you got no soul
Emphasizing the lack of knowledge without a soul
And no-one ever gonna want to know
Predicting social isolation for the Love murderer
The man... no no no
Continuation of the consequences for the murderer
You don't know nothing
Reiterating the theme of ignorance without a soul
Til you got no soul
Underscoring the importance of possessing a soul
You ain't nobody til the Devil says so
Stating that one gains identity through the Devil
And no-one ever gonna want to know
Anticipating social rejection for the Love murderer
The man that murdered Love
Final acknowledgment of being the man who murdered Love
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