I just find this song so sad to listen to. Particularly with the 'ow ow ow' sections and 'ow-oo, ow-oo' it's almost like a child who has been hurt or a wolf howling in pain. That - to me - hints at such a painful loss, that feeling of something just being ripped away from you. Then there's the overall feeling of the song, musically. On the surface it's a lively, rebellious sound (in a teenage sense). Looking at it on a deeper level, however, it's a feeling of someone's anger and bitterness exploding outward.
An image always comes to my mind of a woman lashing out in rage, laying into someone close by, most likely the person who has died, who is holding her and trying to console her as she is also crying uncontrollably. Almost as if he's saying "There, There, it'll be alright" but she is just sobbing, raging and pleading.
I just find this song so sad to listen to. Particularly with the 'ow ow ow' sections and 'ow-oo, ow-oo' it's almost like a child who has been hurt or a wolf howling in pain. That - to me - hints at such a painful loss, that feeling of something just being ripped away from you. Then there's the overall feeling of the song, musically. On the surface it's a lively, rebellious sound (in a teenage sense). Looking at it on a deeper level, however, it's a feeling of someone's anger and bitterness exploding outward.
An image always comes to my mind of a woman lashing out in rage, laying into someone close by, most likely the person who has died, who is holding her and trying to console her as she is also crying uncontrollably. Almost as if he's saying "There, There, it'll be alright" but she is just sobbing, raging and pleading.