I think this song is two separate stories that end up tied together at the end.
the first verses have to do with a fight between lovers (or ex-lovers)
"I never loved you, even in my weakness, you were fuel for the fire, cannon fodder" - I think this is the narrator singing the words someone has said to her.... that's why before she said "why must you try to ruin my peace of mind?" the person replies, "they were only words and i never meant them," then the narrator goes on to sing the mean things the other person said to her. (Sorry, it makes more sense to me I'm sure).
The second part is all about Jenny's grandfather. He was in WWII and died when she was young.
"all is fair in love and war" - that's what her mom said, then Jenny herself returns back to the person she was singing to at the beginning:
"-and love,-- a civil war like this, it always sells itself."
"love" to me in that line sounds like she's talking to someone, like she's calling someone "love," then saying, "a civil war like this (between us) it always sells itself."
I think this song is two separate stories that end up tied together at the end.
the first verses have to do with a fight between lovers (or ex-lovers)
"I never loved you, even in my weakness, you were fuel for the fire, cannon fodder" - I think this is the narrator singing the words someone has said to her.... that's why before she said "why must you try to ruin my peace of mind?" the person replies, "they were only words and i never meant them," then the narrator goes on to sing the mean things the other person said to her. (Sorry, it makes more sense to me I'm sure).
The second part is all about Jenny's grandfather. He was in WWII and died when she was young.
"all is fair in love and war" - that's what her mom said, then Jenny herself returns back to the person she was singing to at the beginning: "-and love,-- a civil war like this, it always sells itself."
"love" to me in that line sounds like she's talking to someone, like she's calling someone "love," then saying, "a civil war like this (between us) it always sells itself."