As soon as I heard Kelly Clarkson‘s new song “Never Again,” I looked at my wife and said, “It sounds to me like, she’s dating a Christian, or at least, someone who grew up in evangelicalism.” Why did I think this? Well, first, there’s the obvious “Sunday school answer” lyric that Kelly belts out not once, but twice; the second time telling her ex-lover to “go ahead; repent yourself away.” And honestly, the entire song wreaks of Kelly lamenting a man who was insecure, unsure of his feelings for her, and maybe because the relationship wasn’t perfect, feeling quite a bit of “God-induced” guilt about the way things were, i.e., maybe a physical relationship gone “too far,” an addiction to substance, or just unable to make a commitment. To me, it all sounded a lot like the woes that Kerri Pomarolli and I write about in the book “How To Ruin Your Dating Life.”
But at the time, it was just a thought.
But come to find out, I may have been right. According to Entertainment Weekly, that ex-lover is purported to be ex-Evanescence member David Hodges. And yep, he was born and raised in the church. I learned that firsthand when I was at CCM Magazine, and the Evanescence publicist offered me a story about the band and it’s roots in faith. We were set to run with it, but the publisher made us pull it after David and Amy Beth [Evanescence’s lead singer] dropped several f-bombs in an interview with EW. [Also: Go here to listen to David’s musical response to “Never Again.” Further proof of my theory, in fact.]
I could still be wrong, I know. But I, probably like many of you, have experienced enough “Sunday school answers” to know a bad evangelical dater when I see one.
And also, on a side note: The new record [My December] is growing on me. I think by the third or fourth listen, you might just be a believer too.
Happy Friday!
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ding ding ding…. you are correct
Kelly?
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