I think the song is definitely about a relationship based on sex ["the best of us was left in your sheets".] But I think perhaps she cheated?.. ["the truth's sometimes so hard to see, in my passive uncertainty."] and he wishes to kill her. To me the "brand new white canvas on her face" is a white sheet placed over her dead body.
I think the song is definitely about a relationship based on sex ["the best of us was left in your sheets".] But I think perhaps she cheated?.. ["the truth's sometimes so hard to see, in my passive uncertainty."] and he wishes to kill her. To me the "brand new white canvas on her face" is a white sheet placed over her dead body.