Hari Kari

I reckon it's about abortion, whether it's pro-abortion or not I can't decide. I get the feeling it might be about someone pressured into getting an abortion. I'm leaning towards it being slightly-anti abortion. I'm pro-choice myself, before I start analysing

If you combine flattery With a long history Then there are no easy answers I reckon this is about the conception, or the beginning of the relationship. You hid your face You hid your face in a place Where there are no easy answers The person is hiding, they're ashamed or scared, "no easy answers" is that is usually used to describe an abortion. It's not an easy decision

In the name of everyone who met me Am I supposed to commit Hari Kari? With sword in hand I face demands Delivered with the best intentions From the department of corrections She's scared, everyone is wanting her to get an abortion but she's not sure. She hasn't reached the decision herself but she's going to do it anyway. The people who are telling her to abort have "the best intentions" but are "demand[ing]" her to do it. The "department of corrections" is correcting the mistake of having become pregnant. "Department" sounds clinical but also obvious and easy, perhaps he's implying it's too easy to get an abortion? Not considered emotionally enough? But who will tell my next of kin That tomorrow stand for nothing? I think this is implying that the value of life has been cheapened. "Tomorrow stands for nothing" because tomorrow isn't important in this situation, to this pregnancy. "My next of kin" is clearly her children. However another idea could be that the abortion is unsafe, her "next of kin" is just her family and "tomorrow stands for nothing" because she might not get a tomorrow

It was years ago, it was years ago Since you left us Alone It was years ago, it was years ago And only time will show, only time will show How much you mean to The world Only time will show It was years ago I'm not sure what this one means, perhaps it's referring to the foetus, it seems to be implying a death rather than a person simply leaving, "how much you mean to the world". It could mean the woman who died getting an abortion. It could mean the man who left the woman pregnant

Somebody said you should have left her I think it was an empty gesture I think this is aimed at the man who got her pregnant, someone said he should do a runner and leave her alone. Perhaps he didn't run and offered to help, this is the "empty gesture". Or perhaps the advice to leave her was the "empty gesture" It's not as though they really cared, like "It's a shame about the weather" This is the friends again, someone has explained the situation but they don't really care, or they're uncomfortable talking about is so just change the conversation You left home on a stretcher I remember cause I saw a picture of it I reckon this is aimed at the woman, and seems to change the meaning of the song to referring to an unsafe abortion gone wrong. She left home on a stretcher because she has become very ill trying to abort. Seeing "a picture of it" would just emphasise the fact this song seems to be said from the point of view of a relative or family friend. The "picture" also implies that all they have left is a picture because she died. If she was alive they wouldn't need a picture

Y'r mind Y'r voice Y'r body Y'r choice I think this could be saying, she didn't need to get an abortion she could have had the "choice" to continue the pregnancy. It could also be "pro-choice" in terms of "pro-legilisation" to regulate and keep abortions safe because this woman died. On a side note "y'r" spelt like that means "house of", in the sense of being a representation,"house of Lords" is where the laws are decided. It may be irrelevant but it's an unusual way to spell it if it isn't important.