![]() ![]() IN THE NAME OF LOVE!= This expression is equivalent to " for God's sake!" and it is an exclamation we can use to express that we are very tired of a bad situation or that we think a situation has gone too far. OVERTHROW= To destroy the established power (government, institution, etc), especially by force. In Christian theology, sin separated men from God, and Jesus "justified us" by making possible the deletion of sin, so we can achieve union with God. JUSTIFY= To free a person from the guilt and penalty caused by sin. LOVE= All along the song, this word means "God" (except maybe in the question " what more in the name of love?"). ONE MAN= It may be literally one person (in that case, Jesus), or it may be a type of person, thus referring to a group of people sharing a quality. This grammar is definitely not standard English or even Irish at all. So to understand the meaning of the lyrics go and look under the "Meaning" tab.Īdditionaly, some of the language used here is deliberatly reflecting the black creole English you find in the Caribbean (maybe to make it all sound more gospel-like or something), for example constructions like " one man come" (= one man comes), " one man come he to justify" (=one man comes to justify), "one man he resist" (= one man resists), etc. The language in the lyrics is not very difficult, the difficult part is the meaning of the sentences, since everything is charged with implicit historical references. ![]()
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