American Wife Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Rilo_kiley77 

Cover art for American Wife lyrics by Rilo Kiley

You can so relate this song to "The Egg" by Sherwood Anderson.

The "grotesques", the mutant chick bodies the father kept, that held him from being anything more in life, no matter how hard he tried (because "no one escapes their life") are much like the proposing person's family. They both are tied down to failure by things they are attached to in life.

It's all in there! There is A LOT more, really. You should have some fun and read "the Egg". I had a BLAST. But then again, you may not ba as nerdy as I am. :P