Blame It on Cain Lyrics

Lyric discussion by 2cold2crack 

Cover art for Blame It on Cain lyrics by Elvis Costello

Here's a twist.

As an analogy, he's singing as Abel and implying that he has committed suicide. But the unwillingness to accept that fact as a sin, they needed someone to blame to carry out punishment, so Cain was the perfect scapegoat.