marinus January 10th, 2009 03:25PM  
This song is a bit tongue in cheek about how the singer would love to be strong as a saint, defying torture etc and die staying true to his principles/faith, but "how could you stand the torture, could you stand the pain, could you put your faith in Jesus when you're burning in the flames? you'll never make a saint of me" basically says it all.
I just think the song's biblical references are brilliant, as in:
Saint Paul the persecutor
Was a cruel and sinful man
Jesus hit him with a blinding light
And then his life began
I said yeah
I said yeah
Augustin knew temptation
He loved women, wine and song
And all the special pleasures
Of doing something wrong

John the Baptist was a martyr
But he stirred up Herod's hate
And Salome got her wish
To have him served up on a plate