It sounds to me like the Dear Hunter re-telling his story to the person who saved him.
The person is inquiring about the story and the Dear Hunter is lying about it, saying that he wasn't naive, that she was the fragile one, and that he was there to just have his way with her and then leave.
We know that it is actually the other way around. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story!!
I have to say, I completely agree with ascendings interpretation. So far as I can tell, this album focuses primarily on the dear hunter taking back his life. This song is followed immediately by "This Beautiful Life," in which he states that "It wasn't meant that I would discover such offensive things," i.e., his true past. Furthermore, later on the album in "Father," the references to the father, the mother, and the son, seem to indicate the story of the dear hunter, his father, and his mother, Ms. Terri. What's more, later on in the album it would seem that...
I have to say, I completely agree with ascendings interpretation. So far as I can tell, this album focuses primarily on the dear hunter taking back his life. This song is followed immediately by "This Beautiful Life," in which he states that "It wasn't meant that I would discover such offensive things," i.e., his true past. Furthermore, later on the album in "Father," the references to the father, the mother, and the son, seem to indicate the story of the dear hunter, his father, and his mother, Ms. Terri. What's more, later on in the album it would seem that the dear hunter murders his father using the poison acquired from "The Poison Woman." This can be seen from the line "I knew there was a reason I kept this." When combined with the images on the "post cards" that come with the album, it is possible to discern that there is indeed a poisoning taking place. This song concerns the discovery that the dear hunter makes concerning his origins, and indeed, the silver circle sign references The Dime. But the woman concerned is not, in fact, Ms. Leading. It is Ms. Terri.
If he kills the father (as in paternal father or holy father?) the last songs wouldnt make sense that he returns to a mother AND a father.
I figured he'd left the war and returned to a family that wasn't his, in hope to start a new life. I'm taking the last lines in Father very literally "...she always loved her son, and you look like him." Implying he's assuming the life of his dead friend, the one who saved him.
If he kills the father (as in paternal father or holy father?) the last songs wouldnt make sense that he returns to a mother AND a father.
I figured he'd left the war and returned to a family that wasn't his, in hope to start a new life. I'm taking the last lines in Father very literally "...she always loved her son, and you look like him." Implying he's assuming the life of his dead friend, the one who saved him.
It sounds to me like the Dear Hunter re-telling his story to the person who saved him. The person is inquiring about the story and the Dear Hunter is lying about it, saying that he wasn't naive, that she was the fragile one, and that he was there to just have his way with her and then leave.
We know that it is actually the other way around. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story!!
I have to say, I completely agree with ascendings interpretation. So far as I can tell, this album focuses primarily on the dear hunter taking back his life. This song is followed immediately by "This Beautiful Life," in which he states that "It wasn't meant that I would discover such offensive things," i.e., his true past. Furthermore, later on the album in "Father," the references to the father, the mother, and the son, seem to indicate the story of the dear hunter, his father, and his mother, Ms. Terri. What's more, later on in the album it would seem that...
I have to say, I completely agree with ascendings interpretation. So far as I can tell, this album focuses primarily on the dear hunter taking back his life. This song is followed immediately by "This Beautiful Life," in which he states that "It wasn't meant that I would discover such offensive things," i.e., his true past. Furthermore, later on the album in "Father," the references to the father, the mother, and the son, seem to indicate the story of the dear hunter, his father, and his mother, Ms. Terri. What's more, later on in the album it would seem that the dear hunter murders his father using the poison acquired from "The Poison Woman." This can be seen from the line "I knew there was a reason I kept this." When combined with the images on the "post cards" that come with the album, it is possible to discern that there is indeed a poisoning taking place. This song concerns the discovery that the dear hunter makes concerning his origins, and indeed, the silver circle sign references The Dime. But the woman concerned is not, in fact, Ms. Leading. It is Ms. Terri.
If he kills the father (as in paternal father or holy father?) the last songs wouldnt make sense that he returns to a mother AND a father. I figured he'd left the war and returned to a family that wasn't his, in hope to start a new life. I'm taking the last lines in Father very literally "...she always loved her son, and you look like him." Implying he's assuming the life of his dead friend, the one who saved him.
If he kills the father (as in paternal father or holy father?) the last songs wouldnt make sense that he returns to a mother AND a father. I figured he'd left the war and returned to a family that wasn't his, in hope to start a new life. I'm taking the last lines in Father very literally "...she always loved her son, and you look like him." Implying he's assuming the life of his dead friend, the one who saved him.