| Flogging Molly – Black Friday Rule Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I've seen a few mentions of the validity of the lines about losing a wife, and everybody seems to be confused, so here's what I know of the story: The wife Dave is talking about is Laura King, his first wife, and the subject of their earlier song "Laura". Dave left Good Old Ireland and moved to New York when he was in his late. While in New York, Dave met, fell in love with, and married Laura. After several years of marriage, Laura died. (Dave has never really divulged much info about this period, including any specifics of her death.) Dave tried to go back to Ireland, so that his family and his old friends could help him through this time of freat pain, as all of his new friends and the city of New York itself were just a constant reminder of everything he had lost with Laura's death. Dave attempted to return to Ireland, fully intending to leave the U.S. entirely and live in Ireland fulltime. However, his visa was denied, due to the volatile, near-anarchic political situation in Ireland at the time, which Dave refers to as "the Black Friday Rule", comparing the political situation of the time to the chaotic conditions following the Black Friday Bombings of Dublin in 1974. Denied return to his homeland, Dave turned to drink, and finally fled New York, travelling to Los Angeles. It wasn't really until the early 90s, when Dave met Bridget and the guys and started playing at Molly Malone's that Dave really pulled his life out of the slump he had been in since Laura's death. I actually think of this song as Dave's narration of his life to Bridget shortly after they began dating. |
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