She experiences a religious revival but is then "Hit by a car / Ended up / On a life support machine" (from the lyrics).

The chorus uses these incidents to conclude, "I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours / But I think that God's got a sick sense of humour / And when I die, I expect to find him laughing."

Particularly a part of the service called the prayer list, when the preacher rattles off the names of those sick and about to die.

The person at the top of the list was guaranteed to die, but still everyone went right ahead thanking God for carrying out his will.

"[9] Gore added this because "I simply can't write your conventional pop fare.

"[10] In a significant moment in the Tour of the Universe at the Royal Albert Hall, Alan Wilder made a surprise appearance accompanying by playing the piano while Gore sang "Somebody".