Wedding Dress

would just like to add that "We got buried in the fever" is a Johnny Cash reference. The original lyric goes "we got married in a fever" in the song, Jackson.

I think this song is about a man who is very conscious of his limits: he does drugs and is wreck, but he also "wants the gal" (if you know what I mean). He is also wanted by the girl, who is clearly attracted to him. So in approaching her he forsees what their relationship might be: he detoxing or going into withdrowal, "when I shake like I'm dyng"- note the "when" it implies that that event is going to happe, surely. Making her miserable and making her ashamed. The grave reference is a bitter irony: he wants to imply that he is going to die before her. So basiclly he tells her: "cut the crap and sleep with me, makes much more sense, since we like each other".

about wedding vows and marriage

Agreed. Ah, nice song, really nice one by Lanegan. The man's a singing prodigy. Beautiful voice. :)

also about dieing i think. He asks himself if he dies if the woman in this song will still remember him as a good man, despite his shortcomings... Beautiful lyric

I agree, Lord Pembroke... This is probably about a man who wonders if his wife's love for him will remain even after his death, or if it will die with him.

Have you seen the live clip of this from Irish TV that's up on Youtube? Amazing.

i cant think of many songs more erotic than this one

this really is possibly my favorite song of all time. it makes me want to dance and cry at the same time