Her presence could be enough to stop “it” from reaching Bethlehem where its birth would confirm this new era of (lack of) humanity.
In this song, this sphinxlike creature is on his way to Bethlehem, but is stopped in his tracks by the singer’s “baby.” Presumably, it takes notice of “baby” because she stands out as someone good, or innocent, or human, in a world full of people running riot. However, this “second coming” will be of a new god befitting of the world described.
“The ceremony of innocence is drowned / The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity.” As a result, a creature, similar to a sphinx, awakens and is heading “to Bethlehem” to be born – alluding to Christianity’s Second Coming. Song MeaningAs a “love song for the end of the world,” it’s fitting that this song centers itself around Yeats’ “Second Coming.” In the poem, Yeats describes a world that is spiraling out of control, where animalistic and base instincts reign. And then it must've caught a good look at youĪin't it a gentle sound, the rollin' in the graves?Īin't it like thunder under earth, the sound it makes?Īin't it exciting you, the rumble where you lay?Īin't it warming you, the world gone up in flames?Īin't it the life you, you're lighting of the blaze?Īin't it a waste they'd watch the throwing of the shade?
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