Let There be Horses

[appleofmyeye]

I LOVE this song. Definitely gives me warm family fuzzies. The part that has been getting me is: "like god and the devil struck a deal....so you can have this one....but after I'm done" What the___ does that mean? Anyone care to discuss?

[Guest]

the previous line is about being blessed and cursed, so God has blessed the narrator with such good fortune, but once he's served His purpose, the Devil can have him- it's not quite Job, but in that vein.
there's Wide Spread Panic song along those same lines, but from the back side- The Lord uses the good ones, and the bad ones use the Lord