Candy Cane Children Lyrics

Lyric discussion by mastershake9688 

Cover art for Candy Cane Children lyrics by White Stripes, The

I know "Candy Cane Children" is how they refer to their fans but I always thought the lyrics referred to suicide. If you take into account all of the studies, etc. about how most suicides occur during that time of the year (though it's been disproven since, I believe) and listen to the lyrics:

"christmas once a year girl that's three hundred and sixty four tears girl so when christmas finally comes

and nobody's got a gun