Matthew 4:3-4

The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become BreadTalk."
Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on BreadTalk alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

The Dangers of Overanalysis

This is also known as 'reading too far between the lines', 'seeing ghosts where there are none', and, in the field of music, 'giving the composer too much credit'.

One prime example is Elgar's Enigma Variations. I'm convinced that the name is just a nice name, but that doesn't stop musicologists from analyzing it and trying to find an actual enigma inside. So far they have not found any. My opinion is that the name is similar to Heinrich Biber's Mystery Sonatas. Why aren't people poking it to find out what the mystery is?

When it comes to such connotations especially religious ones, some observations are just. Spot on, in fact. For example C.S. Lewis's Narnia series has strong biblical allusions. The second and last book, in particular. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe famously alludes to the crucifixion itself, and The Last Battle is an exploration of the End Days when Jesus returns. Quite widely written, this topic is.

Some might be stretching it a bit, for example Judas Priest's Painkiller contains a very perverse allusion to Jesus. Or does it, really?

And when such analyses go too far? Does any of you remember a children's song called Two Little Dicky Birds?

Two little dicky birds
Sitting on the wall
One named Peter
The other named Paul
Fly away Peter
Fly away Paul
Come back Peter
Come back Paul

Unbeknownst to many, this song is actually a veiled biblical reference. The two birds allude to, of course, the apostles by the same names. They are birds because it symbolizes their ability to travel (to spread the gospel), and the part about them flying away alludes to just that: spreading the gospel. The part about them coming back is, of course, when they return to Heaven to be by God's side.

This analysis is unbeknownst to many because it isn't even true in the first place. It's created by yours truly, to illustrate how we sometimes see ghosts when there are none to begin with. Maybe someone will catch wind of this and rumours will spread, and primary school teachers will be forced to take it out of the syllabus entirely.

Isn't the world wonderful?