A red feather protrudes from the lattice window of an ornate wooden booth against dark green.

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I just lost my virginity in a confessional booth! Lord have mercy!

— Detroit Rock City • 1999

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker announces a sexual first inside a confessional booth and follows it with an appeal for mercy. The location and final exclamation bring religious language into immediate contact with the sexual announcement. That collision gives the line its startled, irreverent comic force.

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