Better Not Wake the Baby Lyrics

Lyric discussion by untabubba 

Cover art for Better Not Wake the Baby lyrics by Decemberists, The

I'm thinking that this song was probably the product of Colin being warned about playing his music a little too loud while his wife was trying to see that their new baby, Milo, gets rest. So, with typical Meloy flair he let's loose with some really macabre imagery; "Use your skull like a cannonball" and "Gouge your eyes with a butter knife", for example. Maybe there was a little contention that spurred his imagination to violence? That's my take...........for now.

My Interpretation