Ordinary World
A Duran Duran song, two Christian hit men, and the week they killed Jesus.
The song came on, and I almost didn’t recognize it.
Duran Duran. “Ordinary World.” 1992. I was sitting in my living room. Still had my church shoes on. Palm Sunday. The house smelled like coffee my wife made before we left and nobody drank.
Simon Le Bon wrote that song about a friend who overdosed and died. He carried the man around inside his chest for s…
