Manger

Album: Melodia (2008)
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Songfacts®:

  • Frontman Craig Nicholls told jmag (July 2008): "It's like with all the songs - not really going for anything. This song's quite literal and it's easy to understand the vibe. It's just being immature, but maybe, um, supreme."
  • Nicholls explained the first verse to jmag, which goes: "Burning down the manger / My Lord is a stranger / The Beatles are bigger than Jesus." He said: "That's just saying that the Beatles mean more to me than religion does. Maybe it does to other kids as well and we can spread that message."

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