Pleading the fifth is talking about the fifth amendment.
From Wikipedia: To "plead the Fifth" is a refusal to answer a question because the response could form self incriminating evidence.
So I guess what I see the song as saying is that Abraham Lincoln didn't die, an impersonator did. And whoever is "I" in the song knows the truth, but is "pleading the fifth" and not saying anything.
I think this is just a goofy song making fun of all the conspiracy theories people talk about in relation to Lincoln's assassination. This seems appropriate since the album title "Five Score and Seven Years Ago" is, of course, a play on Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address, but also a reference to the fact that this is Relient K's fifth album (score) in seven years. Catchy song.
I think this is just a goofy song making fun of all the conspiracy theories people talk about in relation to Lincoln's assassination. This seems appropriate since the album title "Five Score and Seven Years Ago" is, of course, a play on Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address, but also a reference to the fact that this is Relient K's fifth album (score) in seven years. Catchy song.
Pleading the fifth is talking about the fifth amendment. From Wikipedia: To "plead the Fifth" is a refusal to answer a question because the response could form self incriminating evidence.
So I guess what I see the song as saying is that Abraham Lincoln didn't die, an impersonator did. And whoever is "I" in the song knows the truth, but is "pleading the fifth" and not saying anything.
I think this is just a goofy song making fun of all the conspiracy theories people talk about in relation to Lincoln's assassination. This seems appropriate since the album title "Five Score and Seven Years Ago" is, of course, a play on Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address, but also a reference to the fact that this is Relient K's fifth album (score) in seven years. Catchy song.
I think this is just a goofy song making fun of all the conspiracy theories people talk about in relation to Lincoln's assassination. This seems appropriate since the album title "Five Score and Seven Years Ago" is, of course, a play on Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address, but also a reference to the fact that this is Relient K's fifth album (score) in seven years. Catchy song.