Re: Kate on Q Tape

[Robb McCaffree <nsrjm@nursepo.medctr.ucla.edu>]

MCQUARRF@ucfv.bc.ca wrote:
>
> Sorry if this is redundant - I'll be as brief as possible just in case.
> 
> The October issue of Q says:
> "....According to the astonishing lyric, she wished to swap places with no less
> than God. Pushing things a tad, even for Kate."
> 
> Surely the author has misunderstood the lyric?
> "If I only could
> I'd make a deal with God
> and get him to swap [?] places".
> 
> Is it "swap OUR places" or "swap places"? And in any case, isn't she talking
> about swapping places with the significant other person, and God is the person
> facilitating (so to speak) the swap?
> 
	Well, it is indeed OUR places, and I too had always thought
that Kate was wanting God to swap her place with that of a lover. But
grammatically, it still works the other way:

	'I'd get him (God) to swap our (God's and my) places"

	But the following lyric, "I'd be running up that road" hardly
seems to be an act worthy of a God(dess).

Robb