Polar Nettles Lyrics

Lyric discussion by larastone 

Cover art for Polar Nettles lyrics by Neko Case

Since no one has tried to explain this, I'll give my interpretation =)

A priest is madly in love with a woman (the nurse), but the nurse decides to kill him (with the most dramatic of methods, a Gatling gun...) and bury his body (the last verse).

This is just one way to think about it, of course.

The lyric in the first line is actually "he takes his dinner in the bed".

And the last verse should be

Polar nettles set on end Move like starlings up a cliff Antennae of her foggy touch The force field round her frosty hips Whose shape recalls the wicked spade That buried him but on his lips The last rites of Nurse Someday soon

Those are the lyrics on Neko's site.