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> Dead ringer; an exact double, spitting image or could it
> from the 17th century where people were afraid to be
> buried alive or in some case mistakenly pronounced dead so
> a hole was drilled into a coffin and string attached to
> the hand of the deceased and then to a bell above the
> ground if they later became revived they could ring the
> bell and anyone who heard the noise could rescue them from
> a certain doom.
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> I don't know anything about you baby, but you're
> everything I'm dreaming of
> I don't know who you are but you're a real dead ringer for
> love
> A real dead ringer for love.
Y'know, from a certain perspective I think you're on to something. Using your meaning:
A Dead Ringer for love. It may not be love at all, but it sure looks like it, feels like it. Then again, it could just be a dead ringer...Not actual love.
Just like they thought the guy was dead. Buried him, but it was just a dead ringer.
I always thought the song was about shallow love anyways, or a "I love you tonight. tomorrow, maybe not" vibe.
Could be. It does fit Jim's gothic love, and he does use double meanings on almost all of his songs (it seems)
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