luxuria (extravagance, later lust)
gula (gluttony)
avaritia (greed)
acedia (sloth)
ira (wrath)
invidia (envy)
superbia (pride)

7 Lyrics
Artist: Prince (Buy Prince CDs)

All 7 and we'll watch them fall
They stand in the way of love
And we will smoke them all
With an intellect and a savoir-faire
No one in the whole universe
Will ever compare

I am yours now and u are mine
And together we'll love through
All space and time, so don't cry
One day all 7 will die

All 7 and we'll watch them fall
They stand in the way of love
And we will smoke them all
With an intellect and a savoir-faire
No one in the whole universe
Will ever compare

I am yours now and u are mine
And together we'll love through
All space and time, so don't cry
One day all 7 will die

And I saw an angel come down unto me
In her hand she holds the very key
Words of compassion, words of peace
And in the distance an army's marching feet (1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4)
But behold, we will watch them fall

And we lay down on the sand of the sea
And before us animosity will stand and decree
That we speak not of love only blasphemy
And in the distance, 6 others will curse me
But that's alright (That's alright)
4 I will watch them fall (1 2 3 4 5 6 7)

All 7 and we'll watch them fall
They stand in the way of love
And we will smoke them all
With an intellect and a savoir-faire
No one in the whole universe
Will ever compare

I am yours now and u are mine
And together we'll love through
All space and time, so don't cry
One day all 7 will die

[(Just how old)]

And we will see a plague and a river of blood
And every evil soul will surely die in spite of
Their 7 tears, but do not fear
4 in the distance, 12 souls from now
U and me will still be here - we will still be here

There will be a new city with streets of gold
The young so educated they never grow old
And a, there will be no death 4 with every breath
The voice of many colors sings a song
That's so bold
Sing it while we watch them fall

All 7 and we'll watch them fall
They stand in the way of love
And we will smoke them all
With an intellect and a savoir-faire
No one in the whole universe
Will ever compare

I am yours now and u are mine
And together we'll love through
All space and time, so don't cry
One day all 7 will die

[(Just how old)]
[(Just how old)]
[(Just how old)]

Does this song refer to the 7 deadly sins? And, on a related note, 21/3=7: A common number throughout P's songs?

Help.....

Twinkly1 said:

I don't know, you'd have to ask Prince, he's the expert on deadly sins.

Good1 said:

He's the expert? Well perhaps I should ask him:

when the deadly sins fall off the face of the earth, will it be as some here have said, when the world stops turning for 3 days?

when the world begins to revolve in a counter-clock direction will we have eternal life and eternal love?

will there truly be streets of gold? No young, no old?

what will happen to the rest of us who, lets say, have sinned off and on/one or twice throughout our years? Will we drown in a river of blood?

so much to learn, so little time.

This song was just discussed and analyzed here a couple weeks ago.

http://prince.org/msg/7/2...mp=21&pg=1

Efan said:

Oh. I'm a little late but I sure appreciate the link and I found the dialogue to be quite interesting.

Thanks,