What's The Matter Here? Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jlbrpt 

Cover art for What's The Matter Here? lyrics by 10,000 Maniacs

At first, knowing how liberal Natalie Merchant is, I thought this was an overblown statement of spanking and calling it child abuse...however, when you get to the line about "instead of love you've given him these cuts and sores that won't heal with time or with age"...i start to think it is about a truly abusive parent, who beats the kid so bad he gets not only cuts and bruises, but emotional scars that will last forever.

@jlbrpt Wow, funny reading this 20 years later and seeing that FOX News brainwashed the Bushites the same way they brainwash Trumpers.