Carl said on his Rolling Stone blog that this was inspired by a short story he read ("Crossbones," by Leonard Michaels) about a married couple who sort of simmer & don't do much of anything until the end, when they explode into violence ("Tripping wires we have so carefully crossed/ The science behind it at a perfect loss"). He also name-checked the movie Crazy Love.
Makes that chorus pretty damn creepy; hell, makes the whole song pretty damn creepy.
Carl said on his Rolling Stone blog that this was inspired by a short story he read ("Crossbones," by Leonard Michaels) about a married couple who sort of simmer & don't do much of anything until the end, when they explode into violence ("Tripping wires we have so carefully crossed/ The science behind it at a perfect loss"). He also name-checked the movie Crazy Love.
Makes that chorus pretty damn creepy; hell, makes the whole song pretty damn creepy.
here's the article: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/staff-blog/blogs/rsstaffblogpost_2009/39985/39910
here's the article: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/staff-blog/blogs/rsstaffblogpost_2009/39985/39910
crazy good song
crazy good song