Just discovered Eric Hutchinson three weeks ago, and I've been playing his music incessantly ever since, but today I really thought about what he is singing about here.
Sounds like it's about abortion. He never thought about it until she got pregnant, and he really has no say about anything when it comes down to the wire. Seems like he's against it and starts to change his mind, but then goes back to his original stance, "Back to where I was." The lyric "So I can say at least I tried" is really sad.
Reminds me of "Brick" by Ben Folds 5. I must have heard that song a hundred times and then a friend and I were talking about it one day and she said, "Oh, that abortion song," and I went back and REALLY listened to it. Ben Folds was kinda goofy and funny and it struck me as unlikely he'd write a song about abortion. But I wasn't big on lyrics back then. Went back and lead the lyrics. Yeah, that's about abortion too.
Just discovered Eric Hutchinson three weeks ago, and I've been playing his music incessantly ever since, but today I really thought about what he is singing about here.
Sounds like it's about abortion. He never thought about it until she got pregnant, and he really has no say about anything when it comes down to the wire. Seems like he's against it and starts to change his mind, but then goes back to his original stance, "Back to where I was." The lyric "So I can say at least I tried" is really sad.
Reminds me of "Brick" by Ben Folds 5. I must have heard that song a hundred times and then a friend and I were talking about it one day and she said, "Oh, that abortion song," and I went back and REALLY listened to it. Ben Folds was kinda goofy and funny and it struck me as unlikely he'd write a song about abortion. But I wasn't big on lyrics back then. Went back and lead the lyrics. Yeah, that's about abortion too.