right. but i don't think he literally killed her. suicide, baby, suicide. and he's come back for the funeral to say goodbye. the "perfect world" description may be sarcastic, or just the drugs talking. reminds me a little of lucinda williams/emmylou harris's "sweet old world", which is even sadder than this.
I disagree - pretty certain she was murdered, and the narrator is warning his daughter about avoiding a similar fate ("You ought to lock that door, somebody might get in, didn't I teach you that?"). My hunch is that he killed her ("no matter what i've done"), but perhaps somebody else murdered her and what he "did" was abandon his family ("I know I never should have gone away"). Anyway, what a fantastic song.
I disagree - pretty certain she was murdered, and the narrator is warning his daughter about avoiding a similar fate ("You ought to lock that door, somebody might get in, didn't I teach you that?"). My hunch is that he killed her ("no matter what i've done"), but perhaps somebody else murdered her and what he "did" was abandon his family ("I know I never should have gone away"). Anyway, what a fantastic song.
right. but i don't think he literally killed her. suicide, baby, suicide. and he's come back for the funeral to say goodbye. the "perfect world" description may be sarcastic, or just the drugs talking. reminds me a little of lucinda williams/emmylou harris's "sweet old world", which is even sadder than this.
I disagree - pretty certain she was murdered, and the narrator is warning his daughter about avoiding a similar fate ("You ought to lock that door, somebody might get in, didn't I teach you that?"). My hunch is that he killed her ("no matter what i've done"), but perhaps somebody else murdered her and what he "did" was abandon his family ("I know I never should have gone away"). Anyway, what a fantastic song.
I disagree - pretty certain she was murdered, and the narrator is warning his daughter about avoiding a similar fate ("You ought to lock that door, somebody might get in, didn't I teach you that?"). My hunch is that he killed her ("no matter what i've done"), but perhaps somebody else murdered her and what he "did" was abandon his family ("I know I never should have gone away"). Anyway, what a fantastic song.