Lyric discussion by ellenn 

Cover art for Red lyrics by Okkervil River

This is a very beautiful song. I reacted to one thing, just like their song "black", this song is also named by a colour and both of them have the same theme about ruined family relationships.

Interesting idea. "Yellow" is sort of like that too, but about a failing romantic relationship and the unconditional support and love of family. In "Black", I can't imagine much family love, but considering that the daughter forgives her father, maybe that is so. And "Grey" aka "Savannah Smiles" is a similar theme to "Red", but with the father feeling confused as to his daughter's becoming involved in such business, opposed to the mother feeling responsible for it in "Red", whether "Red" is about Shannon Wilsey or not...which I doubt was the intention when it was written, but I don't know....