Despite the "good man and pretty young girl" premise, things deteriorate to the point where the protagoniist
"go(es) and kill(s) the bottle
..go(es) off over any old thing
Break(s) (one's) heart and raise(s) a glass or ten"
What is the protagonist's reason for behaving like this? This is unknown and is therefore irrelevant. Perhaps the question should be, does it matter why the protagonists feels they can and should behave like this? After all, abusive behaviour is abusive behaviour. Pure and simple. In other words, whatever your action may be, you are ultimately accountable for it. There is scarecely any defensible excuse for...
"go(ing) and kill(ing) the bottle.."
..followed up with
"go(ing) off over any old thing
Break(ing) (one's) heart and rais(ing) a glass or ten."
Right?
That sort of behaviour is abusive. It should also be closely followed by a quest for accountability leading to a series of consequences. Consequences which lie firmly at the feet of the person who.. "go(es) and kill(s) the bottle"... etc.
I feel this song is about coersion.
Despite the "good man and pretty young girl" premise, things deteriorate to the point where the protagoniist
"go(es) and kill(s) the bottle ..go(es) off over any old thing Break(s) (one's) heart and raise(s) a glass or ten"
What is the protagonist's reason for behaving like this? This is unknown and is therefore irrelevant. Perhaps the question should be, does it matter why the protagonists feels they can and should behave like this? After all, abusive behaviour is abusive behaviour. Pure and simple. In other words, whatever your action may be, you are ultimately accountable for it. There is scarecely any defensible excuse for...
"go(ing) and kill(ing) the bottle.."
..followed up with
"go(ing) off over any old thing Break(ing) (one's) heart and rais(ing) a glass or ten."
Right?
That sort of behaviour is abusive. It should also be closely followed by a quest for accountability leading to a series of consequences. Consequences which lie firmly at the feet of the person who.. "go(es) and kill(s) the bottle"... etc.