To InnocentBones, I think this is just commonplace for Sam Beam's lyrical style -- so many of his songs use three verses that are similar in structure but tell different stories -- White Tooth Man, Dead Man's Will, Boy With A Coin, etc. I love it.
I see this song as in image of the inability to escape (whether it be a small town, "Southern" ideals, religion, etc.).
Everyone's just stuck, because they fear the wolves on the road (getting out of town), in the middle of town (at church), and at the end of the bed (sexuality).
And the song of the shepherd's dog seems to always say "you'll never leave". -- "whoever got that brave?" / a bill, an impending day with its responsibilities / getting that flea out of you hair (symbolic or...sorry if I'm wrong...could have to do with an STD, considering the third verse seems to deal with sexuality)... who knows...
To InnocentBones, I think this is just commonplace for Sam Beam's lyrical style -- so many of his songs use three verses that are similar in structure but tell different stories -- White Tooth Man, Dead Man's Will, Boy With A Coin, etc. I love it.
I see this song as in image of the inability to escape (whether it be a small town, "Southern" ideals, religion, etc.).
Everyone's just stuck, because they fear the wolves on the road (getting out of town), in the middle of town (at church), and at the end of the bed (sexuality).
And the song of the shepherd's dog seems to always say "you'll never leave". -- "whoever got that brave?" / a bill, an impending day with its responsibilities / getting that flea out of you hair (symbolic or...sorry if I'm wrong...could have to do with an STD, considering the third verse seems to deal with sexuality)... who knows...