The House That Dripped Blood Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Widdershin 

Cover art for The House That Dripped Blood lyrics by Mountain Goats, The

It sounds like the house is a metaphor for somebody's body going through an autopsy. "Go over every inch of space With the patience of a saint"

Maybe someone close to the singer was murdered (maybe a drug overdose? Maybe they were a heavy drinker? "look beyond the broken bottles" "Not everyone can live like millionaires").

That's what I've always thought of when listening to this haunting song.