According to Murdoch's Sky News, "Tom Jones' iconic Delilah song has been banned from Wales national stadium by rugby chiefs"
Tom Jones is famous for a number of other songs so "iconic" is hyperbole.
It is a powerful song but the lyrics never did make any sense.
In the context of knife crime and violence against women, the lyrics are appalling.
In the first verse, the protagonist sees that someone he thought of as his property has moved on.
"I felt the knife in my hand" - he was looking at ten years in prison for that alone.
"If I can't have her, nobody will". is the sole justification. It won't stand up in court.
Delilah had had enough of him and you can see why. Alternately she was only "his" in his mind.
And in the last verse, he is about to be arrested and carted off to prison and the gallows.
Tom Jones did not advocate knife crime or violence against women.
The lyrics are as follows, what do you think?
I saw the light on the night that I passed by her windowI saw the flickering shadows of love on her blindShe was my womanAs she deceived me, I watched and went out of my mind
My, my, my, DelilahWhy, why, why, DelilahI could see, that girl was no good for meBut I was lost like a slave that no man could free
At break of day when that man drove away, I was waitingI crossed the street to her house and she opened the doorShe stood there laughingI felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more
My, my, my, DelilahWhy, why, why, DelilahSo before they come to break down the doorForgive me, Delilah, I just couldn't take anymore
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