Get-Well-Cards Lyrics

Lyric discussion by qwerty202 

Cover art for Get-Well-Cards lyrics by Conor Oberst

Please explain to me exactly how one would maim a hurricane? Please. That makes no sense. Also, in the booklet that came with the album it says clearly "Name you like a hurricane." That actually seems to make sense also...imagine that. And a good day to you, sir.

He is not maiming the hurricane. he is maiming the person he is singing about. And its quite simple, maim means to make defective or to disfigure, which, I believe, a hurricane does. And it goes perfect with the verse because he is talking about disfiguring the person he's singing about 'braid your hair like a sister, bring change like a hurricane' that's pretty much what he is saying.

mategan, i agree. he then goes on to say rebuild after the hurricane which makes perfect sense if the lyric is maim.