A Song No One Knew Could Be About John the Baptist
I’ve recently come to the conclusion that “One More Try” by
George Michael could have one interpretation as being about John the Baptist.
This would indeed a highly compelling interpretation of the song. The song
seems to depict a man, sung in first person narrative (I interpret as being John the Baptist), upset by his previous
teacher (I interpret here as Jesus), and trying to reason with another person he wants as his lover. This third person, (the lover),
for the sake of my interpretation could be Salome, or someone else. The way
that the video depicts him confined in a room with stained glass windows makes
me feel like it’s John singing from prison before he was beheaded. He’s saying
that it’s too bad he can’t see Jesus any longer, and could she please give him
one more try even though he’s behind bars.
I happen to like this interpretation a lot, because it makes
John the Baptist look like a rockstar. He was indeed said by Christ as being “Elijah
who was to come” Matthew 11:14. Jesus and John had separate ministries with
separate groups of followers. Upon John’s imprisonment, it stands to reason he
would be upset at never getting to see Jesus. Matthew 11:2-3 says that John
send one of his followers to talk to Jesus about the miracles he was doing. The
line in George Michael's song “Cause teacher; there are things that I don’t want to learn,” makes
it sound like John talking about his own impeding execution and/or the
crucifixion.
I am not trying to say that John had homosexual feeling towards Jesus, but I speak only of the respect and admiration John had for him. I don't think the song's lyrics really depict the "first teacher" that way, either, so I think the interpretation works. When Michael sings "the last one I had made me cry," this would be interpreted as John the Baptist saying the last teacher that he had, Jesus, did that.
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