How do we know he's singing about a young girl? Well, the lines "How dare you? How old are you now anyway? explane how the guy feels duped and conned into being seduced buy this beautiful young girl.I think that after his sexual encounter with her, he see's the situation with greater clarity and realizes what has really happened. You got a reaction, didn't you?" This is pointing toward some provocative action of a young girl.(may she was dressed to entice or spoke in a provocative way.we don't know for sure and this is really incidental). The song begins as a reflection upon something bad or regretful that has already happened with "You got a reaction. This establishes the whole "temptation" thing. He then spoke the same words, ?Get thee behind me, Satan,? to Peter. Jesus saw Peter as a tempter, trying to talk him out of doing what he was put on Earth to do. He told his disciples that he would have to be killed and then raised from the dead, and Peter objected that this should not happen. Second, Jesus spoke these words on another occasion. This is a clear rebuke of evil and temptation. This has two significant biblical references and was the reply that Jesus made when Satan offered him all the kingdoms of the world if Jesus would worship him. The song is full of references to temptation and makes a Biblical reference in the line "get behind me" as in "get behind me Satan" (the album title also). Here's my take: First off: The song is about the temptation of a man by a young woman. I'm not saying its wrong, that's the beauty of music, it has different meaning to us all.I think Jack's way to clever to go down that path anyway. Amy from Honolulu, HiI feel that the whole Jason Stollsteimer interpretation is ignoring some key lyrical elements.You hit it right on the head.Good to see somone else pays attention to the lyrics. Dan from Minneapolis, MnAmy,Honalulu,Hi.She was given a flower, his innocent, honest attraction to her, and she used it for her own pleasure. She "got a reaction" - she tempted/seduced him she got a reaction from him - his interest. She is a "satan" to him an adversary, one to be put behind him. He's expressing his anger and frustration with her and then trying to put her behind him (get behind me). She played games ("how old are you now anyway?"). She took a white (innocent/pure/fresh/unused) "orchid" and turned it blue (sadness/unhappiness/also reference to "blue balls"). "Orchid" comes from the word "orchis" which means "testicle" in Greek. This is about a temptress who frustrates him and leads him on to then drop him. Johnny from Bergen County, NjI heard this explanation but can't remember the source, and can't find it on the internet, but it makes the most sense to me.
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