DYK - Blasphemous Rumours

DYK (did you know)- Blasphemous Rumours

napag-usapan lang namin nina iskoterista a.k.a. team46 at ni st. sinned last last sunday (bday celeb ni JP) ang tungkol sa kantang ito ng depeche mode na Blasphemous Rumours, na banned daw 'to sa ibang countries sabi nila, have no idea, i just got hooked sa depeche mod mga 1997 lang ata tapos at that time U2 at the cure trip ko sa new wave genre.

when i first heard the song's chorus before, i thought ok 'tong band na 'to pero parang experimental sila sa lyrics nila. as weeks past noon kakakinig sa kanila (discman pa uso nun), meaningful pala lyrics nila simula ng tinutukan ko ang music nila, parang late na nung na discover ko no? hilig ko kasi noon slayer, pantera, alice in chains, anthrax basta yun na yun!

here are some info about that song, got it from Wikipedia:

The incident mentioned in the lyrics to "Blasphemous Rumours" is reportedly based on a true story. Singer Dave Gahan tells the story of a sixteen-year-old girl's failed attempt to kill herself by slitting her wrists. This story is continued when the girl is 18. She renews her faith in God only to be struck by a car, end up on life support, and die shortly afterwards. The conclusion: "I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours but I think that God's got a sick sense of humour, and when I die, I expect to find Him laughing." It has been suggested that the stories are separate, but this is an incorrect assumption, as the mother of the girl is said, in the first verse, to be 'fighting back the tears'. This is then mirrored when the girl is killed in a car accident. The lyrics are as follows; 'Once again a tear fell from the mothers eye.' This horrific irony is the reason that God is said to have a sick sense of humour in the chorus. The song also contains numerous samples of screeching tyres and skittering hubcaps.

The single version of "Blasphemous Rumours" is exactly the same as the album version, though it fades out during the final choral repetition, eliminating the "life support machine" outro of the album version.

lyrics:

Girl of sixteen
Whole life ahead of her
Slashed her wrists
Bored with life
Didn't succeed
Thank the Lord
For small mercies

Fighting back the tears
Mother reads the note again
Sixteen candles burn in her mind
She takes the blame
It's always the same
She goes down on her knees and prays

I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find Him laughing

Girl of eighteen
Fell in love with everything
Found new life
In Jesus Christ
Hit by a car
Ended up
On a life support machine

Summer's day
As she passed away
Birds were singing
In the summer sky
Then came the rain
And once again
A tear fell
From her mother's eye

I don't want to start
Any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God's
Got a sick sense of humor
And when I die
I expect to find Him laughing