I seriously did not like this song for the longest time, and it had nothing to do with the song itself, but really just the title. Nonetheless, i kept returning to the song because melodically it was very beautiful. After many a listen i gave more weight to the lyrics, and like the "producer" that gives Merchant that comment, i myself cannot get those Columbine boys out of my head.
But my interpretation was not really the fascination with the deviant individual but rather those we praise or set on alters, and then the "killing spree" is a signifier of disappointed whether literally a killing of human bodies or killing of our souls. So that's how the Columbine boys fit in here, praised and or adored by their parents until the final act of absolute disappointment.
I seriously did not like this song for the longest time, and it had nothing to do with the song itself, but really just the title. Nonetheless, i kept returning to the song because melodically it was very beautiful. After many a listen i gave more weight to the lyrics, and like the "producer" that gives Merchant that comment, i myself cannot get those Columbine boys out of my head.
But my interpretation was not really the fascination with the deviant individual but rather those we praise or set on alters, and then the "killing spree" is a signifier of disappointed whether literally a killing of human bodies or killing of our souls. So that's how the Columbine boys fit in here, praised and or adored by their parents until the final act of absolute disappointment.