I don't think it's about cancer, as everyone else seems to agree. I think it's about pregnancy, possibly an unwanted one, but definitely a stressful one.
"It started in your ovaries" is likely a reference to egg production, so that's probably a reference to conception.
"A stone" does make it sound like cancer, but i think "a seedling" makes it sound a lot more like pregnancy.
The song references orderlies, hospital attendants.
The second verse i can't explain. Perhaps it's something from Colin's person life, I know he did that with Grace Cathedral Hill.
The third verse is probably the girl telling her parents, who she previously told she's OK with the pregnancy, that she lied. You can just feel the despair in the tune, Colin's great at doing that.
"So fix your brood and belly now" The brood is the child(s) and the belly is the womb.
"Get your loins unstained" Pretty understandable if one's loins get dirty when giving birth.
"It'll eat you from the inside" Babies get their food from the mother, while inside them, so this line is also literal. But It's also showing how the mother now sees her child as a parasite.
"Until it comes out screaming Until it all falls away" Most babies fall out the womb screaming.
I don't think it's about cancer, as everyone else seems to agree. I think it's about pregnancy, possibly an unwanted one, but definitely a stressful one. "It started in your ovaries" is likely a reference to egg production, so that's probably a reference to conception. "A stone" does make it sound like cancer, but i think "a seedling" makes it sound a lot more like pregnancy. The song references orderlies, hospital attendants.
The second verse i can't explain. Perhaps it's something from Colin's person life, I know he did that with Grace Cathedral Hill.
The third verse is probably the girl telling her parents, who she previously told she's OK with the pregnancy, that she lied. You can just feel the despair in the tune, Colin's great at doing that.
"So fix your brood and belly now" The brood is the child(s) and the belly is the womb. "Get your loins unstained" Pretty understandable if one's loins get dirty when giving birth. "It'll eat you from the inside" Babies get their food from the mother, while inside them, so this line is also literal. But It's also showing how the mother now sees her child as a parasite. "Until it comes out screaming Until it all falls away" Most babies fall out the womb screaming.
In the second verse, "It all ran down the telephone" could mean someone confessing over the phone.
In the second verse, "It all ran down the telephone" could mean someone confessing over the phone.