Rabbit's Dying Lyrics

Lyric discussion by randicoot 

Cover art for Rabbit's Dying lyrics by Throwing Muses

There used to be a pregnancy test where they injected a woman's urine into a rabbit's ovaries which were examined a few days later. Actually mice were used and whatever animal was used died whether the woman was preggers or not, but the phrase "the rabbit died" came to mean she's pregnant.

It took me a few years to realize it, but since this song puts the phrase in the present tense it means she's getting pregnant, which means she's having sex. So here the metaphorical rabbit is going through the experience of having sex. Follow me home-- you bet I'll follow her home; legs giving out; running blind--reckless; can't feel the rain--not paying attention to anything else; don't spare the brain--giving it your all until you're senseless or just being stupid not using birth control.

Some of the phrases I don't get but I figure it's just Kristen Hirsch getting really deep into the metaphor and/or adding her personal experiences/demons.