We analyzed this song for a project in Englsih. It actually is based off of "A Rose For Emily by William Faulkner, MCR said so.
He calls the mansion not a house but a tomb. (Homer died in Emily's house. Faulkner even calls it a tomb. Homer's body is kept there until Emily dies.
He's always choking from the stench and the fume. (In the story, Emily's house is giving off an odor, which just happens to be Homer's decaying body.)
He's not around. He's always looking at men. (Homer says he likes men. He also hangs out with some in the story instead o fbeing with Emily)
Say goodbye to the heart you break. (Homer broke Emily's heart)
And all the cyanide that you drank. (Emily kills him with poison)
She got a life of her own and it shows
by the Benz she drives at 90 by the Barbies and Kens (The story takes place in 1800s-early 1900s. Emily and Homer drive a "flashy" yellow buggy, the Benz of it's time)
Share the vows at the wake.(Emily makes it appear that they get married after she kills him. If you've read it, it's kind of self-explanitory. Also, she lays with the body,)
To the end. (Emily never gives Homer's body up. What left of it is discovered after she dies...at her end.)
So yeah... that's pretty much it. It's great short story by Faulkner.
We analyzed this song for a project in Englsih. It actually is based off of "A Rose For Emily by William Faulkner, MCR said so.
He calls the mansion not a house but a tomb. (Homer died in Emily's house. Faulkner even calls it a tomb. Homer's body is kept there until Emily dies.
He's always choking from the stench and the fume. (In the story, Emily's house is giving off an odor, which just happens to be Homer's decaying body.)
He's not around. He's always looking at men. (Homer says he likes men. He also hangs out with some in the story instead o fbeing with Emily)
Say goodbye to the heart you break. (Homer broke Emily's heart)
And all the cyanide that you drank. (Emily kills him with poison)
She got a life of her own and it shows by the Benz she drives at 90 by the Barbies and Kens (The story takes place in 1800s-early 1900s. Emily and Homer drive a "flashy" yellow buggy, the Benz of it's time)
Share the vows at the wake.(Emily makes it appear that they get married after she kills him. If you've read it, it's kind of self-explanitory. Also, she lays with the body,)
To the end. (Emily never gives Homer's body up. What left of it is discovered after she dies...at her end.)
So yeah... that's pretty much it. It's great short story by Faulkner.