Lyric discussion by asktheangels 

i wish ppl would stop trying to make this song out to be about sex

its just not!simple as that

and how can u relate ''i miss the sweet boys in the summer of their youth'' to rape?

I don't think this song is at all about rape. I mean, on the surface this song sounds like it's about a loss of virginity, but I think it's a lot broader and deeper than that. It's more about a loss of innocence, hope, idealism. Being forced to grow up and look at the ugly truth of the world.

@asktheangels yes of course, I agree it’s not as simple as that, but I think this song does have a strong theme of loss of innocence. Rape can be a part of that (again rape may not be the central focus of the song but it is still relevant if it is indeed about loss of innocence). The sweet boys in the summer lyric doesn’t even contradict this necessarily, rapists were once children too. It can also be considered a loss of innocence for the rapist too as much as the victim.

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