Over Your Shoulder Lyrics

Lyric discussion by GEOpz838 

Cover art for Over Your Shoulder lyrics by Dinosaur Jr.

This is rumored to be about J's father, who had recently passed away.

But isn't "over the shoulder" an expression for refering to things you leave in the past, meaning that you have stopped thinking or feeling about them?

Although... it makes sense to think that with this song J. Mascis states that he has ceased to mourn his father.

Anyway, it still remains for me the question about who "her" is in this song.

@Alieno the "her" could refer to his mother, with the implication that his father will be holding her in heaven. no idea about his family, just a guess

@GEOpz838 @Alieno His mother passed away in 1986, eight years before this song came out. He's implying they're reunited in some form of an afterlife