There are some poetically cruel words on this one.
"Love, dear, is strictly for the birds"
"If you're in hell, then what can I say, you probably deserved it anyway"
I didn't think about the possibility of these words being spoken by a man about to be executed. It makes sense to me now. I thought he might be on the verge of dying, remembering his deceased lover. I feel that the narrator might be a bit short on mental sanity, all the "dears", "doves" and, even worse, that last "my little snow white dove" seem to suggest a perverse tenderness, or maybe it's a way for him to try to calm the guilt he feels for killing her. Or maybe both. I'm not sure on a possible meaning, but I love this song anyway.
There are some poetically cruel words on this one.
"Love, dear, is strictly for the birds" "If you're in hell, then what can I say, you probably deserved it anyway"
I didn't think about the possibility of these words being spoken by a man about to be executed. It makes sense to me now. I thought he might be on the verge of dying, remembering his deceased lover. I feel that the narrator might be a bit short on mental sanity, all the "dears", "doves" and, even worse, that last "my little snow white dove" seem to suggest a perverse tenderness, or maybe it's a way for him to try to calm the guilt he feels for killing her. Or maybe both. I'm not sure on a possible meaning, but I love this song anyway.