Lyric discussion by pc_michael 

Cover art for Details of the War lyrics by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

I take this song quite literally, as it is how I can best relate to it. ;)

Starts off he's in love with this girl. Bloody sheets = she lost her virginity to him I think? That would be backed up with "Dying hard for love." She says he's "hurt" and a "wounded bird" yet she's the one who isn't happy unless she has money/nice clothes and her friends are the same way: fashionable whores.

So then Tom the Athlete (tm) asks her to the prom. They had sex after, but he's not surprised because everyone's the same. He sings that with such emptiness/hopelessness I love it. Anyhoo. Camel dick... I assume that means he had a big penis or something. I don't know the "crucifix" thing. So, as fashionable whores do, she left him for Tom the Athlete With the Bigger Penis (tm).

Our singer first realizes this when he sees him and her emerging from the football stands with his broken hand. It's over, he has seen it all before. (God I love that line)

So flash forward a bit and she's spending her life with him. She's not happy. The jock wasn't able to give her happiness, she tries to look good get him to notice her but he doesn't because all he does is drink.

Fucking jocks.

This song (with the exception of them loving each other first) is the story of my fucking life.