wow, reading this has prompted me to join this site and share my thoughts on this song. first of all, this album IS amazing. the lyrics are sheer poetry on the highest level of songwriting. I seem to find my lyrical interpretations a bit darker though.
as with most of the songs on this album, i see this song as a vignette. it tells me a story of a predatory stranger possibly abducting a little girl. him leaving tobacco, peppermints and fingerprints in the car as in a crime scene. her, "sucking on your breath mint, dissected and stuck with pins" (killed probably), and of course the smoke (from his tobacco) at the playground and its cold outside, these also set the tone. And then from the mothers point of view (as if to her daughter) "if youre leaving just let me know" and "if your coming home just let me know". of course she leaves without letting her mother know. ("some rules are made with all intentions to break") hence the mother frantically searching the playground in the pouring rain "concrete and water". then later in the song, the mother taking the daughters picture off the wall and out of its frame, overcome by the grief of this tragedy takes her life by jumping out the window.
the emotional content and sheer meaning packed into these words .... to convey so much in so little ...this guy is an amazing songwriter.
hope im not ruining anyone elses enjoyment of this song by altering its meaning for you. this is just how i hear it.
@MC_Legends omg... Spot on! I think you nailed it. Jaws theme swimming. The title is even about a predator. God I love brand new. Their lyrics are so deep...
@MC_Legends omg... Spot on! I think you nailed it. Jaws theme swimming. The title is even about a predator. God I love brand new. Their lyrics are so deep...
wow, reading this has prompted me to join this site and share my thoughts on this song. first of all, this album IS amazing. the lyrics are sheer poetry on the highest level of songwriting. I seem to find my lyrical interpretations a bit darker though.
as with most of the songs on this album, i see this song as a vignette. it tells me a story of a predatory stranger possibly abducting a little girl. him leaving tobacco, peppermints and fingerprints in the car as in a crime scene. her, "sucking on your breath mint, dissected and stuck with pins" (killed probably), and of course the smoke (from his tobacco) at the playground and its cold outside, these also set the tone. And then from the mothers point of view (as if to her daughter) "if youre leaving just let me know" and "if your coming home just let me know". of course she leaves without letting her mother know. ("some rules are made with all intentions to break") hence the mother frantically searching the playground in the pouring rain "concrete and water". then later in the song, the mother taking the daughters picture off the wall and out of its frame, overcome by the grief of this tragedy takes her life by jumping out the window.
the emotional content and sheer meaning packed into these words .... to convey so much in so little ...this guy is an amazing songwriter.
hope im not ruining anyone elses enjoyment of this song by altering its meaning for you. this is just how i hear it.
@MC_Legends omg... Spot on! I think you nailed it. Jaws theme swimming. The title is even about a predator. God I love brand new. Their lyrics are so deep...
@MC_Legends omg... Spot on! I think you nailed it. Jaws theme swimming. The title is even about a predator. God I love brand new. Their lyrics are so deep...