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Stigmata
Wounds that won't close paired with waiting for a sign - evoking the stigmata (the five wounds of Christ that never close) and the Gospel of John as the Book of Signs.
Suffering that marks the speaker permanently (like Christ's wounds that persist through resurrection) paired with the desperate wait for redemption or meaning.
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Would've, Could've, Should've
Midnights · 2022
“The wound won't close I keep on waiting for a sign”
Uncle Jerry reads the wound and the sign together as evoking the stigmata, the five wounds of Christ that never close, and the Gospel of John as 'the Book of Signs.' The speaker waits for a sign of resurrection or redemption that doesn't come.
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