i agree the sound is obviously about incest, but there seems to be some lines that have still to be made sense of. how does the dog, the girl and the boy fit into the picture? and what about the nova/star in the first verse? also after the break it seems a new point view is introduced, like the narrator is now closer to the pedophile. the dog tied to his chain is probably an allusion to the aforementioned man and the lampshade is the cover hes been hiding behind. but what is the light hidden away behind the curduroy then? light is most often associated with enlightement and the divine. maybe the choking is supposed to symbolize how his secret are tearing the man apart. though why the narrator would use the first person in this instance i cannot guess. i agree with mmxxzzzz that there is a slight sense of sympathy with the pedophile and the way he is wasting away because of his secrets, but at the same time the chorus states asks "not to show us how you sweat", this would imply that the narrator is not really interested in the pedophiles horrible secrets. or maybe the narrator is highlighting the mentality of the general public who prefer to ignore what goes on under the surface of the suburbs.
i agree the sound is obviously about incest, but there seems to be some lines that have still to be made sense of. how does the dog, the girl and the boy fit into the picture? and what about the nova/star in the first verse? also after the break it seems a new point view is introduced, like the narrator is now closer to the pedophile. the dog tied to his chain is probably an allusion to the aforementioned man and the lampshade is the cover hes been hiding behind. but what is the light hidden away behind the curduroy then? light is most often associated with enlightement and the divine. maybe the choking is supposed to symbolize how his secret are tearing the man apart. though why the narrator would use the first person in this instance i cannot guess. i agree with mmxxzzzz that there is a slight sense of sympathy with the pedophile and the way he is wasting away because of his secrets, but at the same time the chorus states asks "not to show us how you sweat", this would imply that the narrator is not really interested in the pedophiles horrible secrets. or maybe the narrator is highlighting the mentality of the general public who prefer to ignore what goes on under the surface of the suburbs.