# Sympathy for the Devil and some enigmatic lyrics

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [March 21, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-the-devil-and-some-enigmatic-lyrics/1015915 "2025-03-21T15:39:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sympathy-for-the-devil-and-some-enigmatic-lyrics/1015915/8 "2025-03-21T18:33:08Z")

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> [@Pardel-Lux](#):
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> This song keeps coming up here, time to call @EinsteinsHund

Hah, actually I asked almost the exact same question almost 9 years ago:

> [@Q about a line in "Sympathy For The Devil"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-a-line-in-sympathy-for-the-devil/764060):
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> I think I have all the historical allusions in the song down, but I always wondered about the line: “And I lay traps for troubadours, who get killed before they reach Bombay” What the heck does it mean?

As for"Who killed the Kennedys? After all, it was you and me": I think that just means “It’s the society, man. We’re all guilty”.

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