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Religious Imagery
Requiem
The invocation of requiescat in pace (God rest my soul) as a death pronouncement over the speaker's former self. The speaker declares herself dead to her past innocence.
The death of the speaker's former innocent self: a requiem for who she used to be before the relationship.
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Would've, Could've, Should've
Midnights · 2022
“God rest my soul I miss who I used to be”
The phrase 'God rest my soul' invokes the Latin requiescat in pace (rest in peace), she is dead to her past, dead to her innocence. She misses who she used to be before the relationship.
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