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Originally Posted by Sarge
Caryl, as usual you put a lot of effort in explaining Meat Loaf's intentions and way of working but that doesn't answer my question. And why did he opt for the obvious? That's the first thing you associate a church with: Praying. What's interesting about the guy in the Mamas & Papas version (at least the one I know) is that he does not pray but only pretends to. Why does he do that? "Pretend to pray" works better, in my opinion, especially together with the line "the preacher likes the cold, he knows I'm gonna stay".
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Who cares? Really I mean whose bothered over why he chose to use one word over another? Doesn't change the song significantly does it? Pointless discussion.