Seems to me like this song could be referring to the Columbine school shooting.
While the "needle jabbing the womb" line most likely refers to abortion, the abortion itself may refer to the way in which Eric and Dylan were gradually "aborted" by the other students at their school.
The line that really convinces me is:
"I suppose you thought you had our hands behind our backs, wool over our eyes
Now your pulse is in my palm and you stand hands to mouth wearing your disguise"
...which, to me, means that Eric and Dylan's tormentors were confident that they had succeeded in keeping them "low at the ladder" (sorry...couldn't resist a FFTL quote), but on the day of the shooting, they held the very lives of the surprised tormentors in their hands.
@PianoIslandArsonist
You are right on the meaning. Abortion makes no sense and as I was reading the lyrics this was the only conclusion that fit perfectly. Abortions aren't a simple flu shot. And you can't tell a baby in the womb there won't be a next time. There are many more examples but I'm not wasting time on that.
@PianoIslandArsonist
You are right on the meaning. Abortion makes no sense and as I was reading the lyrics this was the only conclusion that fit perfectly. Abortions aren't a simple flu shot. And you can't tell a baby in the womb there won't be a next time. There are many more examples but I'm not wasting time on that.
@PianoIslandArsonist a few things for me that don't relate to the Columbine shooting. One the mention of "ballroom" and "night" (Columbine was centred in the lunch room during the day). The wool over our eyes explanation is a stretch ... they were tormented and bullied, yet the only real reference to that is hands behind our backs (that is people thought they were weak / defenceless) but the last part of the song suggests the stronger focus of the strong is about the wool (which has no relevance at all to Columbine).
@PianoIslandArsonist a few things for me that don't relate to the Columbine shooting. One the mention of "ballroom" and "night" (Columbine was centred in the lunch room during the day). The wool over our eyes explanation is a stretch ... they were tormented and bullied, yet the only real reference to that is hands behind our backs (that is people thought they were weak / defenceless) but the last part of the song suggests the stronger focus of the strong is about the wool (which has no relevance at all to Columbine).
I also think the title doesn't...
I also think the title doesn't hold any relevance to Columbine.
Saying all that each of interprets lyrics how we will, I think it could apply to a generic high school shooting but not Columbine in particular.
Seems to me like this song could be referring to the Columbine school shooting.
While the "needle jabbing the womb" line most likely refers to abortion, the abortion itself may refer to the way in which Eric and Dylan were gradually "aborted" by the other students at their school.
The line that really convinces me is: "I suppose you thought you had our hands behind our backs, wool over our eyes Now your pulse is in my palm and you stand hands to mouth wearing your disguise" ...which, to me, means that Eric and Dylan's tormentors were confident that they had succeeded in keeping them "low at the ladder" (sorry...couldn't resist a FFTL quote), but on the day of the shooting, they held the very lives of the surprised tormentors in their hands.
@PianoIslandArsonist You are right on the meaning. Abortion makes no sense and as I was reading the lyrics this was the only conclusion that fit perfectly. Abortions aren't a simple flu shot. And you can't tell a baby in the womb there won't be a next time. There are many more examples but I'm not wasting time on that.
@PianoIslandArsonist You are right on the meaning. Abortion makes no sense and as I was reading the lyrics this was the only conclusion that fit perfectly. Abortions aren't a simple flu shot. And you can't tell a baby in the womb there won't be a next time. There are many more examples but I'm not wasting time on that.
@PianoIslandArsonist a few things for me that don't relate to the Columbine shooting. One the mention of "ballroom" and "night" (Columbine was centred in the lunch room during the day). The wool over our eyes explanation is a stretch ... they were tormented and bullied, yet the only real reference to that is hands behind our backs (that is people thought they were weak / defenceless) but the last part of the song suggests the stronger focus of the strong is about the wool (which has no relevance at all to Columbine).
@PianoIslandArsonist a few things for me that don't relate to the Columbine shooting. One the mention of "ballroom" and "night" (Columbine was centred in the lunch room during the day). The wool over our eyes explanation is a stretch ... they were tormented and bullied, yet the only real reference to that is hands behind our backs (that is people thought they were weak / defenceless) but the last part of the song suggests the stronger focus of the strong is about the wool (which has no relevance at all to Columbine).
I also think the title doesn't...
I also think the title doesn't hold any relevance to Columbine.
Saying all that each of interprets lyrics how we will, I think it could apply to a generic high school shooting but not Columbine in particular.