Murder (Or a Heart Attack)

Rhett Miller was actually at the time my uncle's roommate when they lived in LA. My uncle had a cat whom he was insanely obsessed with. The cat was his best friend basically. So my uncle was out touring with a band and Rhett accidentally let the cat get out. This is why he was so frantically searching for the cat. And when he says "leaving myself open to a murder or a heart attack" it meant my uncle was either going to kill him or he was going to have a heart attack from being so nervous about losing the cat.

It was really cool growing up knowing Rhett. Haven't seen him in years but my uncle is actually on their tour with them as i leave this comment. which is pretty cool.

later

This is a great song about his(im not sure who "he" is) cat ran away. Its pretty cool how he wrote it though. Ive lost cats too, I know how it is-- great song though

I got a chance to talk to Rhett (the singer) and he explained that he made this song sound as if it were about his cat because he had a rather jealous girlfriend at the time and she would've been angry because the song was about another girl.

Did the cat ever come back?

"And when he says "leaving myself open to a murder or a heart attack" it meant my uncle was either going to kill him or he was going to have a heart attack from being so nervous about losing the cat."

To me it sounds like he means that someone might come in his house and kill him or scare him, but he's leaving the back door open so the cat can come inside easily.

"And I may be leavin' myself open To a murder or a heart attack But I'm leavin' the back door open 'Til you come back, 'til you come back"

I played this song for one of my house staffs when her cat ran away after I discovered that it is about a missing cat. Until RV Shredder said that their uncle was Rhett's roommate, I always thought it was about a missing person.