In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
You better run
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
It started with the hayloft a-creakin'
Yeah, it just started in the hayloft
With his long johns on, Pop went a-creepin'
Out to the barn, out to the hay
Young lovers and they are not sleeping
Young lovers in the hayloft
With his gun turned on, Pop went a-creepin'
Out to the barn up to the hay
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
You better run
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
Hayloft
Hayloft
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
You better run
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
It started with the hayloft a-creakin'
Yeah, just started in the hay
With his long johns on, Pop went a-creepin'
Out to the barn, out to the hayloft
Young lovers with their legs tied up in knots
Young lovers with their legs tied up in knots
With his long tall gun, Pop went a-creepin'
To blow their hayloft bedheads straight off
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
You better run
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
You better run
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
Hayloft
Hayloft
Hayloft, hayloft
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
You better run
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
It started with the hayloft a-creakin'
Yeah, it just started in the hayloft
With his long johns on, Pop went a-creepin'
Out to the barn, out to the hay
Young lovers and they are not sleeping
Young lovers in the hayloft
With his gun turned on, Pop went a-creepin'
Out to the barn up to the hay
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
You better run
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
Hayloft
Hayloft
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
You better run
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
It started with the hayloft a-creakin'
Yeah, just started in the hay
With his long johns on, Pop went a-creepin'
Out to the barn, out to the hayloft
Young lovers with their legs tied up in knots
Young lovers with their legs tied up in knots
With his long tall gun, Pop went a-creepin'
To blow their hayloft bedheads straight off
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
You better run
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
You better run
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
My daddy's got a gun
Hayloft
Hayloft
Hayloft, hayloft
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Pardon me, English is not my first language.I kind of feel stupid reading all the other meanings, but here’s mine that I have had since I first heard it: A girl grows up in an abusive home and has to grow up too quickly. She can’t have her own life, her dad won’t like that and her siblings might get hurt . Ik “pop” is a nickname for dad, but I still sometimes think “pop” is her inner child, which had to disappear completely
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I think this song is referencing an undercover psychopath's daughter warning her classmates or something not to come uninvited because of what she saw one night. "Young lovers and they are not sleeping" i wOnDEr wHAt thEY aRe doINg! I think it's pretty obvious that this verse is referring to teenagers or young adults "hitting it off" in what they think is an abandoned loft they can hide in to do their "business". Father probably hears rustling or something, and going to see who is trespassing, but the child heard it first and was watching him or whatever, and finds out that he is a psychopath that is also known as a serial killer. Also just speculation but I think the gun is a shot gun. "Long, tall gun"? Yup.