It's not JUST about rape, though (and gang rape, at that). They kill the girl ("hold her down until she stops breathing") at the end of it.
And I think we can take it a step further. The narrator knows the girl, at least a little. They're worried about her being able to ID them afterwards, and possibly having to be arrested and stand trial for it ("and I would have a hard time facing you...this crime...the shame of what a man can do"). I think that it's not until the rape is over that he realizes that there's no way out. They HAVE to kill her.
@daredevilcomic I don't think that's accurate... If you read the lyrics, it talks about the rapists as "they", not "us". I feel like when the person starts saying "I would have a hard time facing you" he's talking as an innocent man who had nothing to do with the crime, but is still so ashamed of what OTHER men could do, or did. :)
@daredevilcomic I don't think that's accurate... If you read the lyrics, it talks about the rapists as "they", not "us". I feel like when the person starts saying "I would have a hard time facing you" he's talking as an innocent man who had nothing to do with the crime, but is still so ashamed of what OTHER men could do, or did. :)
It's not JUST about rape, though (and gang rape, at that). They kill the girl ("hold her down until she stops breathing") at the end of it.
And I think we can take it a step further. The narrator knows the girl, at least a little. They're worried about her being able to ID them afterwards, and possibly having to be arrested and stand trial for it ("and I would have a hard time facing you...this crime...the shame of what a man can do"). I think that it's not until the rape is over that he realizes that there's no way out. They HAVE to kill her.
@daredevilcomic I don't think that's accurate... If you read the lyrics, it talks about the rapists as "they", not "us". I feel like when the person starts saying "I would have a hard time facing you" he's talking as an innocent man who had nothing to do with the crime, but is still so ashamed of what OTHER men could do, or did. :)
@daredevilcomic I don't think that's accurate... If you read the lyrics, it talks about the rapists as "they", not "us". I feel like when the person starts saying "I would have a hard time facing you" he's talking as an innocent man who had nothing to do with the crime, but is still so ashamed of what OTHER men could do, or did. :)