Yeah, I can't explain the impact these lyrics had on me when I first read them. I was completely ignorant of the implicit violence in this song until I sat down and actually read the lyrics. When I realised tha this was not a happy song at all, but a devastating account of a hate crime I almost broke down and cried. That one line "We got beat up just for holding hands" is like an ice-pick to the heart, and speaks volumes about intolerance.
I found a definition of "raccoon eyes": discoloration of tissue around the eyes suggestive of a basilar skull fracture.
Yeah, I can't explain the impact these lyrics had on me when I first read them. I was completely ignorant of the implicit violence in this song until I sat down and actually read the lyrics. When I realised tha this was not a happy song at all, but a devastating account of a hate crime I almost broke down and cried. That one line "We got beat up just for holding hands" is like an ice-pick to the heart, and speaks volumes about intolerance.
I found a definition of "raccoon eyes": discoloration of tissue around the eyes suggestive of a basilar skull fracture.