Church Underground

Elvis Costello

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She stood spotlit in a plain print dress Came howling out of the wilderness ....There beat a cunning and murderous heart Beneath that calm exterior "You know my name You don’t know my mind Don’t doubt my eyes They betray the past ....And I’ve already forgotten ....Much more than you will ever know" ....And every word that I have spoken is true .....Except for those that were broken in two .....I’m trying to make peace after a long night of pretend .....I need a pawnbroker or a moneylender Why do you do me down Mister? Sing "Hallelujah" Sister Turn up the volume just to turn it down The trivial secrets buried with the profound It’s enough to put a Church Underground                   It’s enough to put a Church Underground                   .....Deflowered young and then ever since She’s tried to wash off his fingerprints So every charlatan and prince Was made to feel inferior She worked for tips in a 10-cent dance Said moving pictures might pay perchance 10000 one-way tickets to the sparkling coast From the blank interior Everybody’s either talking in code Or getting ready to explode Then she was singing in a five-piece band But seems that no-one really wants this sound Why do you do me down Mister? Sing "Hallelujah" Sister Turn up the volume just to turn it down The trivial secrets buried with the profound It’s enough to put a Church Underground                   It’s enough to put a Church Underground .....The shaft of fanlight streaked with rain    Poured through the glass punched through the pain      The holy picture hidden in the midden of that poisoned stitch     Her lonely voice was just a ruin in these riches She must have been dreaming this all along Could she be redeeming herself in song? .....“I’m no-one’s martyred plaster saint Below the grease beneath the paint” I’m rolling like barrel Swinging like a gallows I’m rising up fast like all hell and all hallows Why do you do me down Mister? Sing "Hallelujah" Sister .... I’ll be damned or purgatory bound ....Before those jokers ever understand It’s enough to put a Church Underground                   It’s enough to put a Church Underground                   It’s enough to put a Church Underground                   Dm Dm7 (x3) (organ part that follows: Dsus2 Dsus4 Asus4 )

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Cette chanson évoque une femme qui, bien que semblant calme et posée en surface, cache une vie tumultueuse et des blessures profondes. Elle exprime ses luttes internes et la difficulté d'échapper à son passé, tout en cherchant un sens à sa douleur à travers la musique. Les paroles révèlent aussi des thèmes de faux-semblants et de la quête de rédemption, où elle se rend compte que derrière chaque sourire se cachent des secrets et des vérités souvent douloureuses. Le contexte semble imprégné d'un monde où les illusions se mêlent à la réalité, une sorte de critique sociale où la superficialité des relations est mise en lumière. Le refus de se conformer aux attentes des autres transparaît, la femme affirmant sa liberté tout en restant prisonnière de ses souvenirs. C'est un reflet d'une lutte plus large pour trouver sa place dans un monde jugé souvent indifférent.