According to Kevin Cummings' book in the On Track series, this song is actually about a man who breaks up with a woman, thinks better of it, tries to call her, then finds her in a bar with another man and murders him. It's funny, for all the years I've known this song, I never made that connection. It's not reflected in the lyrics at all, but you could interpret the parody-like sound clip toward the end of the song-- people in a bar, glass breaking, Robby Steinhardt screaming, and a crowd gasping in shock-- to indicate this. Makes sense, but I wonder where Mr. Cummings got the information to support this interpretation. There's no reference to where he got it in the book. But it does fit.... Just kind of vague, because without that clip which isn't really part of the song proper, you would have no way of knowing this.
According to Kevin Cummings' book in the On Track series, this song is actually about a man who breaks up with a woman, thinks better of it, tries to call her, then finds her in a bar with another man and murders him. It's funny, for all the years I've known this song, I never made that connection. It's not reflected in the lyrics at all, but you could interpret the parody-like sound clip toward the end of the song-- people in a bar, glass breaking, Robby Steinhardt screaming, and a crowd gasping in shock-- to indicate this. Makes sense, but I wonder where Mr. Cummings got the information to support this interpretation. There's no reference to where he got it in the book. But it does fit.... Just kind of vague, because without that clip which isn't really part of the song proper, you would have no way of knowing this.