Lyrics
Let's start with the title, shall we? "Build God, Then We'll Talk" has to have something to do with the title, right? After reading an incredible long, boring story written by perhaps a broken hearted high schooler, I was rewarded with, "By saying 'Build God, Then We'll Talk' it's basically saying do something impossible to make it up to me, then I can finally talk to you". I thought this was a fairly stable conclusion. But, without scratching the surface, the song is about a lot of things, but it the "things" it revolves around are about people's worse qualities. That in mind, and the song's title in mind, I'm left with the question: what does that have to do with the song?
Moving on to the song itself: I'm a lazy person, so I'll be copying and pasting what I think are possibilities of the meaning. But let me say one thing in advance; I believe the song has a meaning, and a story. I'll cover both of these, mkay?
Meaning
"About all the arguments about what it is about I think you should pay most attention to 'caricature of intimacy' and 'just a dash of formaldehyde, and the habit of decomposing right before your very [(la, la, la)] eyes' the whole song is referring to society and how things aren't what you think (or want) them to be."
"This song is conveying the idea of fake love. ...I'll just say this since it applies to basically every song by theirs: it's probably also somehow connected to a book by Chuck Palahniuk. Also, the "there are no raindrops on roses..." part is obviously a play on "a few of my favorite things", and it's stating how life isn't full of sunshine and happiness, and that there are really, really tough people and times."
"I think they're using the song to mainly describe how low even respectable people can be and how filthy we all really are no matter what our jobs are or how we present ourselves to other people in public."
Story
"It's about a prostitute who is getting a new job as a lawyer, but to get extra money, she currently has this job as a hooker. Coincidentally, she ends up having her new boss as a client. After he leaves and after she's had a few more 'clients', she happens to get caught by the cops (at the line) 'There was a terrible crash (there was a terrible crash); Between her and the badge'. 'She spilled her purse and her bag, and held a purse of a different kind.' is referring to the fact that the cop found her little black book, which help her clients' appointments."
"Purse of a different kind = Black book. black book: a little note pad often used to write down names of clients, or important dates and times."
"I'm not sure if the girl is a hooker by profession because she's trying to get a job at the firm...she has sex with the lawyer for that position and a bit of cash. Then it focuses on that girl and after she sleeps with a few people she gets busted by the cops ('There was a terrible crash between her and the BADGE')."
"The girls in white dresses part mostly means girls who are virgins, and that is the opposite of the part with the roaches, the hooker part."
"I think that the description of the seedy motel in the beginning of the song really only sets up the story and gives a symbol of the people in it. It makes mention of 'the people inside'. I think that this not only makes apparent that there are actually people in the motel, but that those people are just like the motel itself.
"i would not say that this girl was a hooker,
she is only prostituting her self for a job, or the love of money.
a cop knows this is a skanky motel, and figures he will crash a hooker, but what he doesnt realize, is that this girl isnt a regular, but he sees the money (purse) and thats all the evidence he needs,
it is quite ironic, that the other hookers in this hotel are not caught, only her.
but the cop suggests that she sleep with him and be free of charge."
The 'rosary tucked inside her lingerie' refers back to the earlier sentiment that 'Any practiced Catholic would cross themselves upon entering'. She must have been a practicing catholic and before the attorney "entered" her she literally crossed herself with the rosary."
"Tonight tenants range from a lawyer and a virgin
Accessorating with a rosary tucked inside her lingerie"
-Stating that the girl is a virgin and is a Catholic and it sorta ties in with the beginning ("Any practiced Catholic would cross themselves upon entering") She sorta is crossing herself by putting the rosary in her lingerie, and trying to still have protection over her because she knows she's doing a bad thing."
"There are no
Raindrops on roses and girls in white dresses
It's sleeping with roaches and taking bad chances
At the shade of the sheets before all the stains
And a few more of your least favorite things
-And I think this is obviously like the Sound of Music, and how the roses are a symbol of love and the rain is of sadness, like someone else said. And how 'there are no girls in white dresses' basically saying, the virgin lost her innocence, and how low and dirty she feels, and how maybe she is pregnant and now the lawyer wants nothing to do with her, and she doesn't have a job either and she looks back on it, and wishes she could go back and stuck closer to God maybe? Hence the, 'Build God, Then We'll Talk'."
"1.) "Virgin" is not a virgin, thats her role.(some guys think thats kinky) She is a HO. Which means she is already Decietful and thats why this is a caricature of intimacy. HO's are like the cheap pretend love.
2.)The Wife Realizes the Lawyer is cheating even though he says it was "Strictly Business" But she needs his Income as an Attorney.
3.) The Purse of a Different Crash has to be a Black Book.Containing names of Clients Because it couldn't be whore money. because her payment from the lawyer was the office Job. Now Shes Trying to live the role of the "Virgin". Denying Reality that she is a HO.
(The only other possibility is that she's a Crack Ho and that the constable black mailed her into sex because the purse was Coke or Something, But if you think that your kinda closed minded. it seems deeper than that, she wouldn't have it for no reason.)
4.) After My Version of Point #3, She is Doing her makeup. Runs into a Cop. Falls on her a**. Between her and the Badge Lays. All her things. and shes holding that black book. Enough information to send quite a few people to jail on medium sentences.
5.) theres only 2 possibilities left. The Cop Blackmails her for Sex, Against the Black Book as Evidence. Or He wants to Get the Attorney in trouble. Which would turn this into an elaborate Crime Story."
Music Video
[The music video has some of the same elements as the song does, but some things about it are slightly different. When I come to a conclusion on this one, I'll post it.]
