Mr Petersen Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Shotgunn 

Cover art for Mr Petersen lyrics by Perfume Genius

At first I thought that this song was a slightly repetitive Magnetic Fields knockoff, but it slowly worked its way into my subconscious and now I can't stop listening to it.

Fairly obviously about an inappropriate relationship between a teen and his teacher. What's interesting is that, despite the fact that this relationship was borderline abusive ("If I could convince him I loved him enough. Enough, enough, enough.", where the repeated "enough"s sound like teh narrator protesting against continuing a sexual act) the narrator has an obvious affection for the man.

I think the 3rd last line might be "I know you were ready to go", however.