[Introspective] Resurrectionist

[John Turpin]

At 10:56 AM -0400 6/6/06, AHWeaver at aol.com wrote:
>Am I the only person who much prefers "The Resurrectionist" to "I'm 
>with Stupid"?  It's been a long time since it was the B-side and not 
>the single that I listened to again and again on repeat!

I have to agree with you.

>But my big question is:  What is this song about?  I had some ideas, 
>but then I looked up the lyrics online and none of them made sense! 
>To avoid looking like a fool, I thought I'd throw the question out 
>to the list before offering any of my own ideas.

The official site's news page has a link to the book that inspired the song:

"The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave-Robbery in 1830s London" by Sarah Wise
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844133303/qid=1147353026/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_3_1/203-4862767-7742360