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Like a crash I wait for the impact
and like a train I wait for the smoke
Like a storm I wait for the silence
and like a bluff I wait till you fold
(Ooooh)
There’s a gun in the attic, let me go grab it
(Ooooh)
I'd blow holes in my soul just so you can look past it
(Ooooh)
Yeah, there's glass on the floor, there's a hole in the roof
(Ooooh)
Yeah, the chandelier fell, now the rain's falling through
Like a dog I wait for my owner
(Like a dog I wait for my owner)
and Harper Lee I'll kill me a bird
(Harper Lee)
And I sit back and I just watch it happen
(I sit back and I just watch it happen)
and just like you I won't say a word
(Just like you)
(Ooooh)
There's a gun in the attic, let me go grab it
(Ooooh)
I'd blow holes in my soul just so you can look past it
(Ooooh)
Yeah, there's glass on the floor, there's a hole in the roof
(Ooooh)
Yeah, the chandelier fell, now the rain's falling through
(Ooooh)
I put mice in the kitchen to see if you'd kill them
(Ooooh)
Oh no, you let them live, now there's twelve thousand kids
(Ooooh)
Oh yeah, you let them breed, now I've got mouths to feed
(Ooooh)
Oh yeah, you let them stay, now they've taken my place
(Ooooh)
Yeah, you left them alone, now they're eating our home
(Ooooh)
and like a train I wait for the smoke
Like a storm I wait for the silence
and like a bluff I wait till you fold
There’s a gun in the attic, let me go grab it
(Ooooh)
I'd blow holes in my soul just so you can look past it
(Ooooh)
Yeah, there's glass on the floor, there's a hole in the roof
(Ooooh)
Yeah, the chandelier fell, now the rain's falling through
(Like a dog I wait for my owner)
and Harper Lee I'll kill me a bird
(Harper Lee)
And I sit back and I just watch it happen
(I sit back and I just watch it happen)
and just like you I won't say a word
(Just like you)
There's a gun in the attic, let me go grab it
(Ooooh)
I'd blow holes in my soul just so you can look past it
(Ooooh)
Yeah, there's glass on the floor, there's a hole in the roof
(Ooooh)
Yeah, the chandelier fell, now the rain's falling through
I put mice in the kitchen to see if you'd kill them
(Ooooh)
Oh no, you let them live, now there's twelve thousand kids
(Ooooh)
Oh yeah, you let them breed, now I've got mouths to feed
(Ooooh)
Oh yeah, you let them stay, now they've taken my place
(Ooooh)
Yeah, you left them alone, now they're eating our home
(Ooooh)
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Submitted by
contaminator On Mar 11, 2013
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This song is generally about a relationship that's starting to go south because the speaker believes that his love interest has become indifferent to the relationship. The verses ("like a crash I wait for the impact") places him in a passive position that shows how he is both loyal (''like a dog...'') but and the ''innocent one'' in the relationship.
The entire metaphor of the gun is fantastic though. If you've ever been the person who's doubtful and anxious about a relationship, whether romantic or just a friendship, you start to constantly question the emotions of your partner. The speaker feels that he's done so much for the relationship (''blown holes in my soul'') but while he's starting to put blame on his partner, he ironically is the one that starts to damage the relationship (''rain's falling through'')
So he starts planting ''mice'' to test his partner, because he believes that, even if he is the one who put them there, if she cares enough she would try to shoot them. No matter what her perspective is, he hates that she hasn't tried to fix their problems, which those problems build and eventually lead to the end of their relationship.
I think the song might have been more about how indifferent the partner was, but it ended up being a fantastic testament about how someone's inner demons (paranoia, doubt, etc), can ultimately damage relationships.
I like your analysis, but what do you make of the reference to To Kill a Mockingbird? Why entitle the entire song with the name of its author? This song blows my mind.
I like your analysis, but what do you make of the reference to To Kill a Mockingbird? Why entitle the entire song with the name of its author? This song blows my mind.