XGirlfriend 950 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I was feeling festive so I put Come to Mama on and these lyrics really had me SHOOK: Dude in a lab coat and a man of God Fought over prisms and a forty-day flood Well, I say rainbows did more than they've ever done So why do we gotta fight over ideas? We're talkin' the same old **** after all of these years So I did a little digging and she's talking about Science VS Religion here. Prisms being a reference to Sennacherib's Annals which were clay prisms with biblical stuff inscribed on them and then the 40 day flood is a reference to the 40 nights of flood in the Noah's Ark story. The part where she says "Rainbows did more" is obviously about how the LGBT community has brought people together, more than jesus dying for our sins did. Wow I'm shaking. The Lyrics on Joanne are soo good and thoughtful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah 26,935 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I built the ark and I can confirm, that I brought people together, without me there'd be no animals or humans. (but the LGBTQ+ Community isn't bad at doing the same though) ⟡ ⋆ ˚｡⋆🦢⋆ ˚｡⋆⟡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizzily 14,543 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I don't know that that's what that line means. Tears in the rain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calmar 22,038 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Weren't these lyrics written by John Misty though? 俺の勝利は揺るぎない Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 97,946 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Come to Mama's verses are everything If you see me posting like crazy, I'm either bored or procrastinating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XoXoJoanneGaga 629 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Just now, calmar said: Weren't these lyrics written by John Misty though? Yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUO YI 6,089 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Ok The night sky tells all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XGirlfriend 950 Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 4 minutes ago, Red said: Come to Mama's verses are everything ended homophobia btw.. 5 minutes ago, Noah said: I built the ark and I can confirm, that I brought people together, without me there'd be no animals or humans. (but the LGBTQ+ Community isn't bad at doing the same though) honey.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartz 12,514 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 wasn't the prism and the flood the argument about what caused the rainbow? Like how the prism in science splits a white ray of light to a spectrum of colors ie the rainbow. After the flood, God sent a rainbow as a covenant to not send a big flood ever again. i never saw the rainbow lyric as something that was related to the lgbt so nice catch. Inside, we are really made the same. 🕊 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji 20,113 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 I can't begin to describe how good Come To Mama is. Lyrically, vocally, the production... everything is just so spot on and excellent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexxx 2,244 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 It's about her fans arguing about her music Lady Gaga/ Madonna/Lana /Azealia Banks/ Jazmine Sullivan/ DEEE-LITE/ Moko Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XGirlfriend 950 Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 3 minutes ago, hellothing said: wasn't the prism and the flood the argument about what caused the rainbow? Like how the prism in science splits a white ray of light to a spectrum of colors ie the rainbow. After the flood, God sent a rainbow as a covenant to not send a big flood ever again. i never saw the rainbow lyric as something that was related to the lgbt so nice catch. oh wow that is what it could mean as a whole, the song has genius wording tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagz 2,579 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Nnnnn I don't think that's exactly what she means. Biblically, rainbows are believed to have been sent by God as a reminder that he would never create another 40 day flood after Noah and his animals survived. A rainbow represents God's love. Scientifically, a rainbow is believed to simply be the result of colors going through a prism and reflecting light. She is saying that instead of arguing about what created rainbows, we should just appreciate the rainbow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji 20,113 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 I disagree with "The part where she says "Rainbows did more" is obviously about how the LGBT community has brought people together, more than jesus dying for our sins did." I think that whole verse is about people being so stubborn on arguing their opinion that they're too busy to notice what it really is. You're arguing about who sent or what made the rainbow but not seeing what it's done for people and how beautiful it is. Also kind of backed up by the lyric "Look what that rainbow did" ... they're arguing about what the rainbow is instead of seeing what it's done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killa 17,409 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 That beginning ends careers. This needs to be sang at SuperBowl or Nobel Prize or Grammys. It's such a anthem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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