This is the antiromance song. It first came to prominence when Gloria Gaynor released it in 1978. That version is good, but a little too disco for my tastes. So, I linked to the 1996 Cake version. It has more of an alternative rock edge to it.
For most people this is probably a bad breakup song. It is for me too, but not a boyfriend or a girlfriend. No for me, this was the god breakup song. And while the almighty and me have since reconciled. I’m not the same.
As the first verse so eloquently puts it, At first I was afraid; I was petrified. Looking back, that was a huge step. I spent so much of my life fearing, literally fearing god. He was a bad boyfriend. If I did one thing wrong, he was not averse to smacking me upside the head, or so I thought.
When we “broke up,” I lost my fear. I realized that there was life without god. Though I do not look back on that period of my life with any joy or reminiscence, I did, in fact, survive.
Coming back to god is another story for another day. But I do not fear.
