The first I heard of this song was a film clip where Ian Mackaye explains what the song is about and talks about how he feels about it.
Its about rape (yes marginalman) and how no one wants to talk about it because its such a horrible crime and yet it still goes on. That comes through pretty clear to me with the whole "suffer your words, suffer your eyes, suffer your hands" thing. Also "she does nothing to remove it" and "she does nothing to conceal it". The band are trying to get people to think about rape as a crime that has impacts on everyone, not just the victim.
not sure if it was really that successful in sending out that message then, since everyone has missed the point.
The first I heard of this song was a film clip where Ian Mackaye explains what the song is about and talks about how he feels about it.
Its about rape (yes marginalman) and how no one wants to talk about it because its such a horrible crime and yet it still goes on. That comes through pretty clear to me with the whole "suffer your words, suffer your eyes, suffer your hands" thing. Also "she does nothing to remove it" and "she does nothing to conceal it". The band are trying to get people to think about rape as a crime that has impacts on everyone, not just the victim.
not sure if it was really that successful in sending out that message then, since everyone has missed the point.