"Did You See The Words?" = "Didn't you realize that because of (what happened in the first verse, her menstruation) that you were likely to get pregnant if we fucked?! Now you've got me foaming at the mouth, ready to hang babies at the hospital!"
Or the first verse could actually be told out of order. It might be that this is actually a very happy story that goes wrong and she has a miscarriage "There's something living in these lines". And the remainder of the song is just the conflict that occurs from the idea that they were about to have this lovely child together.
I actually originally read the first verse as how communication in a letter can be incredibly hostile though the letter provided the information needed for the couple to hook-up. The next verse is getting dressed up and eventually the two having sex. The next verse is years later in a comfortable house and I figured it might have been the tale of a relationship before I realized its probably a much more sinister song.
I've always read "Cuckoo Cuckoo" as being a song about miscarriage rather than loss of childhood innocence. I feel like Sung Tongs is all about loss, as well. So perhaps there is more of a chance that this song isn't simply a ridiculously deep and open way of explaining the troubles between a couple, in particular how a guy is fucking pissed about the fact that he's having a kid, but rather about a miscarriage that on the surface is a relief but on a deeper level creates horrible anger. Perhaps the entire song starts with a miscarriage and the remainder of it is them trying to go out on the town and have a good time and have sex. Perhaps the letter from the beginning was both her miscarriage and dually a letter from the doctor's saying the results are back and you are no longer pregnant. And as the song progresses they try to continue their relationship like nothing is wrong "Let's try a kiss goodnight" but it simply doesn't work. At the end, everything is all wrong because there is something missing, and they break-up.
"Did You See The Words?" = "Didn't you realize that because of (what happened in the first verse, her menstruation) that you were likely to get pregnant if we fucked?! Now you've got me foaming at the mouth, ready to hang babies at the hospital!"
Or the first verse could actually be told out of order. It might be that this is actually a very happy story that goes wrong and she has a miscarriage "There's something living in these lines". And the remainder of the song is just the conflict that occurs from the idea that they were about to have this lovely child together.
I actually originally read the first verse as how communication in a letter can be incredibly hostile though the letter provided the information needed for the couple to hook-up. The next verse is getting dressed up and eventually the two having sex. The next verse is years later in a comfortable house and I figured it might have been the tale of a relationship before I realized its probably a much more sinister song.
I've always read "Cuckoo Cuckoo" as being a song about miscarriage rather than loss of childhood innocence. I feel like Sung Tongs is all about loss, as well. So perhaps there is more of a chance that this song isn't simply a ridiculously deep and open way of explaining the troubles between a couple, in particular how a guy is fucking pissed about the fact that he's having a kid, but rather about a miscarriage that on the surface is a relief but on a deeper level creates horrible anger. Perhaps the entire song starts with a miscarriage and the remainder of it is them trying to go out on the town and have a good time and have sex. Perhaps the letter from the beginning was both her miscarriage and dually a letter from the doctor's saying the results are back and you are no longer pregnant. And as the song progresses they try to continue their relationship like nothing is wrong "Let's try a kiss goodnight" but it simply doesn't work. At the end, everything is all wrong because there is something missing, and they break-up.