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Soon I'm gonna marry a man like no other
Light the fuse, hallelujah, hallelujah

Love, love is the warmest colour
Petrol blues, hallelujah, hallelujah

Come, saut dans le vide, my love
In my youth the greatest tide washed up my prize

You

Follow, let him go, let him lead me be
Love is a pharaoh, and in front of me
I thought let him be where he want to be
Love is a pharaoh and he's boning me

I've discovered a man like no other man
I've found a love to love like no other can
He's found me, my Aslan

Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama
Marry a man like no other

Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama
Love is the warmest colour

Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama
Unpin your butterflies, Russia

Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama
To be a deer in Nara

Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama
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It's a song about being homosexual and facing discrimination, and wanting to run away, to "be a deer in Nara". (incidentally, Nara is in this case city in japan where deer are treated as godlike creatures). The song also mentions sources of homophobia, such as:

  • Alabama, an extremely conservative US state,
  • Alvan E. Bovay (the founder of the Republican party), and
  • "Hallelujah", a nod to a religious source of prejudice, as a conduit of protest toward needless and unrequited hate. Their lyrics "I've discovered a man like no other man" and "unpin your butterflies Russia" (reference to Russia's vehement discrimination of homosexuals, as evidenced by the recent Olympic Games, with "butterflies" representing the LGBT community) really drive home that point.

Very interesting Hokealogenous. Can I add this to your comment : "Love is the warmest colour" may be based on the graphic novel (and movie adaptation) "Blue is the warmest colour" ("La Vie d'Adèle" for the film) about to lesbian lovers.

@hokealogenous

Well I used to like how this song sounded but now that I know it's all propaganda the song is ruined.

@SpiderSoldier

There's a difference between propaganda and shouting out for rights. Propaganda tries to force you into believing something. This song does none of that, it simply points out what is wrong. And if you want to stop listening to a song that you thought sounded good before, then that's your prerogative, but this is NOT propaganda

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"Saut dans le vide" means "leap into the void." I'm not sure if this is significant but those words are the title of a photo by Yves Klein. Maybe they just thought the french sounded better or maybe the line in french is referencing the photo

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@SpiderSoldier I don't understand, do you mean to right to vote on whether or not homosexual marriage should be allowed? If that's your viewpoint, I'm afraid you're behind the times, the world is coming out of it's cocoon, having realised that prejudice and injustice is not the way to go. If that's not your viewpoint, then please elucidate for me

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I like how this song brings together religion and homosexuality. The name and chorus of this song sounds like a song can be sung at church. I think it also suggests that homosexuality is something that God gives to you, like a blessing you should thank god for.

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I loved this song from when I first heard it and when I read hokealogenous's interpretation of it, it got instantly more powerful for me.

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I agree with the rest of the comments and had a quick look but nobody seems to mention the aslan line. "he's found me, my Aslan"

Cover art for Nara lyrics by alt-J

I agree with the rest of the comments and had a quick look but nobody seems to mention the aslan line. "he's found me, my Aslan" Along with the religious feel of the song tempo and obviously the "hallelujah" it all works nicely together. Aslan being the god figure in the narnia series. Perhaps as well as talking about struggling with homophobia and prejudice he is also idolizing the man he's found and holding him up as his own figurehead of all that is good and protective and juxtaposing him with all the horrendous cases of institutionalized homophobia.

Cover art for Nara lyrics by alt-J

I agree with the rest of the comments and had a quick look but nobody seems to mention the aslan line. "he's found me, my Aslan" Along with the religious feel of the song tempo and obviously the "hallelujah" it all works nicely together. Aslan being the god figure in the narnia series. Perhaps as well as talking about struggling with homophobia and prejudice he is also idolizing the man he's found and holding him up as his own figurehead of all that is good and protective and juxtaposing him with all the horrendous cases of institutionalized homophobia.

Cover art for Nara lyrics by alt-J

I agree with the rest of the comments and had a quick look but nobody seems to mention the aslan line. "he's found me, my Aslan" Along with the religious feel of the song tempo and obviously the "hallelujah" it all works nicely together. Aslan being the god figure in the narnia series. Perhaps as well as talking about struggling with homophobia and prejudice he is also idolizing the man he's found and holding him up as his own figurehead of all that is good and protective and juxtaposing him with all the horrendous cases of institutionalized homophobia.