I think it's about divorce [his own or his parent's] and/or death, or death as divorce, or even divorce/death/tennis as a metaphor for a terrible breakup. He never said his peace, having been beaten down right at the get-go. He is either telling himself to stop breathing, or telling his dad to stop breathing, thus ending the terrible onslaught. Looking through a window down at a tennis court, covered with leaves, remembering, perhaps thinking about the court lines as a division of property. It's so bad that he's even getting off on the burial scene. The deathwish of a broken man.
It sounds like he says "war in the corps" as in marine corps, etc. This mixes war-like imagery with the sports-like imagery of tennis. I think the song is a very general metaphor for young adults in modern social situations. He may feel as if his family, or father in particular, has a hand in too many aspects of his life, and is essentially "breathing" for him, as if he is unable to do so himself. To me, it expresses a desire for independence, while at the same time recognizing a very personal weakness: "Dad, they broke me."...
It sounds like he says "war in the corps" as in marine corps, etc. This mixes war-like imagery with the sports-like imagery of tennis. I think the song is a very general metaphor for young adults in modern social situations. He may feel as if his family, or father in particular, has a hand in too many aspects of his life, and is essentially "breathing" for him, as if he is unable to do so himself. To me, it expresses a desire for independence, while at the same time recognizing a very personal weakness: "Dad, they broke me."
I think it's about divorce [his own or his parent's] and/or death, or death as divorce, or even divorce/death/tennis as a metaphor for a terrible breakup. He never said his peace, having been beaten down right at the get-go. He is either telling himself to stop breathing, or telling his dad to stop breathing, thus ending the terrible onslaught. Looking through a window down at a tennis court, covered with leaves, remembering, perhaps thinking about the court lines as a division of property. It's so bad that he's even getting off on the burial scene. The deathwish of a broken man.
It sounds like he says "war in the corps" as in marine corps, etc. This mixes war-like imagery with the sports-like imagery of tennis. I think the song is a very general metaphor for young adults in modern social situations. He may feel as if his family, or father in particular, has a hand in too many aspects of his life, and is essentially "breathing" for him, as if he is unable to do so himself. To me, it expresses a desire for independence, while at the same time recognizing a very personal weakness: "Dad, they broke me."...
It sounds like he says "war in the corps" as in marine corps, etc. This mixes war-like imagery with the sports-like imagery of tennis. I think the song is a very general metaphor for young adults in modern social situations. He may feel as if his family, or father in particular, has a hand in too many aspects of his life, and is essentially "breathing" for him, as if he is unable to do so himself. To me, it expresses a desire for independence, while at the same time recognizing a very personal weakness: "Dad, they broke me."