I recently found out about this song through a danganronpa edit and it does not disappoint.
Through its catchy chorus and interesting story, I couldn't help but share my thoughts about it.
I feel like the message of this song is pretty clear but just to elaborate, I think this song is about two lovers in a hay loft possibly having sex while someone's father is outside of the barn with a gun, ready to kill both of them.
This song is told through first and third person. In the first person part of the song, they use the word "my daddy" in the chorus. The part could be sung from someone witnessing this whole situation go down. They are saying their daddy's got a gun and ready to kill the two lovers. The third person part is when narrator is describing the scene and what the lovers are doing.
I picture a vast and open field with a farm, someone in the Midwest. Two lovers sneak off into a barn, possibly to get warm. The situation escalates when they begin to have sex:
"Young lovers and they are not sleeping" "Young lovers with their legs tied up in knots"
What they do not realize is someone's dad has a gun. It could possibly be one of the lovers' dads or someone else's. The narrator desperately repeats the phrase, "My daddy's got a gun you better run." They try to warn the lovers the dad's coming but it's too late. The dad shoots both the lovers in the head in the hay loft.
What I find interesting is that they repeat the chorus over and over again after the dad has already shot the lovers. Maybe he's about to kill another couple? Or maybe the narrator is warning the listener that the dad isn't to be messed with.
@k8ne045611 that's the most accurate explanation/theory I've heard or read..... when I was listening to the song it was catchy but I was mad confused about the lyrics and who it was talking about specifically so thanks for that.
@k8ne045611 that's the most accurate explanation/theory I've heard or read..... when I was listening to the song it was catchy but I was mad confused about the lyrics and who it was talking about specifically so thanks for that.
@k8ne045611 Good theory, but it was proved false by Hayloft II, and a newer official music video. The daughter sneaks out of the house, and the father gets drunk. He sees that she has left the house. It is the daughter's father, and in the video, it shows the girl moving in front of the father and blocking the father from killing the boy. In the end, the father only kills the boy, which we know by the line in Hayloft II, "Whatever happened to those young, young lovers? One got shot and the other got lost in thugs and...
@k8ne045611 Good theory, but it was proved false by Hayloft II, and a newer official music video. The daughter sneaks out of the house, and the father gets drunk. He sees that she has left the house. It is the daughter's father, and in the video, it shows the girl moving in front of the father and blocking the father from killing the boy. In the end, the father only kills the boy, which we know by the line in Hayloft II, "Whatever happened to those young, young lovers? One got shot and the other got lost in thugs and drugs and blood on the street."
I recently found out about this song through a danganronpa edit and it does not disappoint.
Through its catchy chorus and interesting story, I couldn't help but share my thoughts about it.
I feel like the message of this song is pretty clear but just to elaborate, I think this song is about two lovers in a hay loft possibly having sex while someone's father is outside of the barn with a gun, ready to kill both of them.
This song is told through first and third person. In the first person part of the song, they use the word "my daddy" in the chorus. The part could be sung from someone witnessing this whole situation go down. They are saying their daddy's got a gun and ready to kill the two lovers. The third person part is when narrator is describing the scene and what the lovers are doing.
I picture a vast and open field with a farm, someone in the Midwest. Two lovers sneak off into a barn, possibly to get warm. The situation escalates when they begin to have sex:
"Young lovers and they are not sleeping" "Young lovers with their legs tied up in knots"
What they do not realize is someone's dad has a gun. It could possibly be one of the lovers' dads or someone else's. The narrator desperately repeats the phrase, "My daddy's got a gun you better run." They try to warn the lovers the dad's coming but it's too late. The dad shoots both the lovers in the head in the hay loft.
What I find interesting is that they repeat the chorus over and over again after the dad has already shot the lovers. Maybe he's about to kill another couple? Or maybe the narrator is warning the listener that the dad isn't to be messed with.
@k8ne045611 that's the most accurate explanation/theory I've heard or read..... when I was listening to the song it was catchy but I was mad confused about the lyrics and who it was talking about specifically so thanks for that.
@k8ne045611 that's the most accurate explanation/theory I've heard or read..... when I was listening to the song it was catchy but I was mad confused about the lyrics and who it was talking about specifically so thanks for that.
@k8ne045611 Good theory, but it was proved false by Hayloft II, and a newer official music video. The daughter sneaks out of the house, and the father gets drunk. He sees that she has left the house. It is the daughter's father, and in the video, it shows the girl moving in front of the father and blocking the father from killing the boy. In the end, the father only kills the boy, which we know by the line in Hayloft II, "Whatever happened to those young, young lovers? One got shot and the other got lost in thugs and...
@k8ne045611 Good theory, but it was proved false by Hayloft II, and a newer official music video. The daughter sneaks out of the house, and the father gets drunk. He sees that she has left the house. It is the daughter's father, and in the video, it shows the girl moving in front of the father and blocking the father from killing the boy. In the end, the father only kills the boy, which we know by the line in Hayloft II, "Whatever happened to those young, young lovers? One got shot and the other got lost in thugs and drugs and blood on the street."