My take is that the song is about a man who loves a young woman (perhaps it’s romantic love or perhaps it’s paternal or fraternal love), and because he loves her, he thinks he has to protect her from the world, but she grows to see this behavior (rightly or wrongly) as malicious, believing he’s holding her back, that he’s keeping her in a cage. Eventually it builds up to the point that she attempts suicide because she believes that is the only means she has to escape. I think she survives, but her actions make the narrator...

My take is that the song is about a man who loves a young woman (perhaps it’s romantic love or perhaps it’s paternal or fraternal love), and because he loves her, he thinks he has to protect her from the world, but she grows to see this behavior (rightly or wrongly) as malicious, believing he’s holding her back, that he’s keeping her in a cage. Eventually it builds up to the point that she attempts suicide because she believes that is the only means she has to escape. I think she survives, but her actions make the narrator reevaluate his own actions towards her and he realizes that intentionally or not, he has been causing her harm. And he experiences great regret over how he treated her, because he never meant to hurt her, he thought he was acting in her best interests. So he realizes he has to let her go, to let her fly from out his arms. Thematically, I think it’s not too dissimilar from Blues For Baby And Me. I think they’re both about men having to let women they love and want to protect go.

While the song's surface narrative appears to be about trappers and frontier life, it actually serves as a metaphor for the music business and the relationship between record labels and artists. The trapper represents the artist bringing in their raw creative material (the "furs"), while the trader represents the record label executives who determine its commercial value The vivid imagery of making "a butcher's block out of the fat man's desk" symbolizes how the raw, artistic work gets processed through the commercial machinery of the music industry. The fat men "smoking cigars" represent industry executives profiting from the artists' labor. Brilliant songwriting...

While the song's surface narrative appears to be about trappers and frontier life, it actually serves as a metaphor for the music business and the relationship between record labels and artists. The trapper represents the artist bringing in their raw creative material (the "furs"), while the trader represents the record label executives who determine its commercial value The vivid imagery of making "a butcher's block out of the fat man's desk" symbolizes how the raw, artistic work gets processed through the commercial machinery of the music industry. The fat men "smoking cigars" represent industry executives profiting from the artists' labor. Brilliant songwriting from one of the best trappers in the business!

For me, the song suggests a complex emotional dynamic between the lyricist and the other person, marked by difficulty in communication and mutual recognition. The lyricist tries to express their feelings but faces internal barriers that make this expression challenging (as seen in the part "Don't open up to everyone / Don't bloom for every stranger"). The lyricist admits they are different but accepts and loves the other despite all the differences ("You came to those who are not like you/Promising to love them too"), while the other is unable to do the same. Despite this, they make an effort,...

For me, the song suggests a complex emotional dynamic between the lyricist and the other person, marked by difficulty in communication and mutual recognition. The lyricist tries to express their feelings but faces internal barriers that make this expression challenging (as seen in the part "Don't open up to everyone / Don't bloom for every stranger"). The lyricist admits they are different but accepts and loves the other despite all the differences ("You came to those who are not like you/Promising to love them too"), while the other is unable to do the same. Despite this, they make an effort, declaring their love, while the other remains unable to perceive or value these efforts. This rejection, even if unconscious, creates a cycle of frustration and emotional pain. The responses, such as "warfare and mockery/slights and tears in return," demonstrate how the other person is incapable of recognizing the love and responds with aggression and disrespect. However, they do not admit their fault and prefer to blame their frustrations on the lyricist: "The low-life can't admit his fault."

"Behind your back they shoot with menace" suggests that the other person is not only unkind but actively threatening the lyricist in some way, perhaps emotionally or verbally, creating an atmosphere of hostility. This behavior adds another layer of betrayal.

"They'll try to force their fresh clean snoot / Through a crowd to a crib" suggests an attempt by the other person to impose conformity on the lyricist. The "fresh clean snoot" symbolizes a sense of self-righteousness or an air of superiority, while the "crowd to a crib" represents societal norms or the comfort zone of familiar, conventional behavior. This implies that the other person pressures the lyricist to fit into a mold or behave like the people they are accustomed to, disregarding the lyricist's individuality.

The lyricist seems to struggle with their own ability to open up. This may indicate a fear of rejection: the lyricist fears that, by opening up, their feelings will be discarded or used against them, which is exactly what happens. This painful experience serves as a warning, emphasizing the importance of ensuring there is no "danger" present—emotional or otherwise—before attempting to open up again, as suggested by the line "make sure you smell no danger." Furthermore, the lyricist advises caution, urging others not to let anyone "touch your mind" and manipulate it against you feel.

They will use your mind against you, because they are not brave enough to accept that you are different from them, so they'll curse you and make you feel guilty for things you feel and who you are.

"Let's cast invisible grenades / Of mindfulness instead" suggests that it is not worth the effort to engage emotionally when the other person is unwilling to understand their feelings. The rhetorical question, "Why are you bothered / With scum and coward's thoughts?" implies that the lyricist should not blame themselves for what the other person thinks of them. It is a call to let go and not dwell on someone who is not open to understand and love you the way you are.

It’s incredible how Jinjer (probably Tatiana, idk) can create metaphors and make such a good choice of words to explain things that are so hard to express. I believe their songs can have many interpretations because of that.

Marty about Wendy Sadd: This was based on the kind of police brutality that you meet in certain sections of America. I saw the song, like I see most of the others, as a mini film with a very sad dejected girl falling into the hands of a very powerful authority. The actual name ‘Wendy Sadd’ comes from Top of the Pops, where there used to be a girl – or she may still work there for all I know – called Wendy Sadd. When Ricky came home and said he had met a girl by that name, I said that...

Marty about Wendy Sadd: This was based on the kind of police brutality that you meet in certain sections of America. I saw the song, like I see most of the others, as a mini film with a very sad dejected girl falling into the hands of a very powerful authority. The actual name ‘Wendy Sadd’ comes from Top of the Pops, where there used to be a girl – or she may still work there for all I know – called Wendy Sadd. When Ricky came home and said he had met a girl by that name, I said that is an incredible name and should be a title of a song. So, Wendy Sadd is actually a real name.