This song, along with several others (Come Back to Me and the title track) on the Under the Big Black Sun album, is about Exene Cervenka's sister's death in a car crash in 1980, and Exene's grief and attempts to deal with the loss. I think this song's specifically about the inadequacy of religion in comforting her ("a powerless sweet forgotten thing").
This song, along with several others (Come Back to Me and the title track) on the Under the Big Black Sun album, is about Exene Cervenka's sister's death in a car crash in 1980, and Exene's grief and attempts to deal with the loss. I think this song's specifically about the inadequacy of religion in comforting her ("a powerless sweet forgotten thing").