Eat For Two Lyrics

Lyric discussion by picturesofthesun 

Cover art for Eat For Two lyrics by 10,000 Maniacs

Any ideas about the lightning-strikes-twice reference and "borrowed bed" in the first verse?

My guess is Once for loosing her virginity and its associated bliss. The second time is pregnancy and he second strike (pregnancy) strikes her dead.

I think "borrowed bed" refers to any bed that was not her own. Perhaps the sex occurred somewhere other than the bed in her home. As for "lightning strikes twice", I think it means that she thought getting pregnant alone (strike one) was the worst thing to happen, but now reality has hit about how hard it is to actually raise a baby (strike two).

@picturesofthesun he came in her, and later he will come out of her (the baby, being half her, half him). The bed being her life, borrowed because it’s not even her own life, yet.