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Its a good year for a murder
She's praying to Jesus, she's pulling the trigger
There's no tears, cause he's not here
She washes her hands, and she fixes the dinner
But soon they'll be coming, to rush her away
No one's so sure if her crime had a reason
Reasons like seasons
They constantly change
And the seasons of last year
Like reasons have floated away
Away with this spilt milk
Away with this dirty dish water, away
Seventeen years, and all that he gave was a daughter
"It's me and the moon," she says
I got no trouble with that
But i am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die
"It's me and the moon," she says
And it's over, but just started
The blood stained the carpet
Her heart like a crystal
She's lucid and departed
A life left behind, she can find in her mind gone away
Away with these nightmares
Away with suburbia
Shakedown away
You marry a role and
You give up your soul til you break down
"It's me and the moon," she says
I got no trouble with that,
But I am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die
"It's me and the moon," she says
But what do you say we go for a ride?
What do you say we get high?
But I'm so tired of days that feel like the night
"It's me and the moon," she says
And I got no trouble with that,
But I am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die
I am a butterfly,
I am a butterfly,
I am a butterfly
She's praying to Jesus, she's pulling the trigger
There's no tears, cause he's not here
She washes her hands, and she fixes the dinner
But soon they'll be coming, to rush her away
No one's so sure if her crime had a reason
Reasons like seasons
They constantly change
And the seasons of last year
Like reasons have floated away
Away with this spilt milk
Away with this dirty dish water, away
Seventeen years, and all that he gave was a daughter
"It's me and the moon," she says
I got no trouble with that
But i am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die
"It's me and the moon," she says
And it's over, but just started
The blood stained the carpet
Her heart like a crystal
She's lucid and departed
A life left behind, she can find in her mind gone away
Away with these nightmares
Away with suburbia
Shakedown away
You marry a role and
You give up your soul til you break down
"It's me and the moon," she says
I got no trouble with that,
But I am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die
"It's me and the moon," she says
But what do you say we go for a ride?
What do you say we get high?
But I'm so tired of days that feel like the night
"It's me and the moon," she says
And I got no trouble with that,
But I am a butterfly, you wouldn't let me die
I am a butterfly,
I am a butterfly,
I am a butterfly
Lyrics submitted by prayingmantis84
Track duration: 04:12
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Let's look at the lyrics:
Its a good year for a murder (It's time to do this, She's had enough)
She's praying to Jesus, she's pulling the trigger (She prays, and then she kills him)
There's no tears, cause he's not here (She doesn't feel bad because he's finally gone)
She washes her hands, and she fixes the dinner(She cleans herself up and goes on with her day)
But soon they'll be coming, to rush her away (The cops are coming and she knows it)
No one's so sure if her crime had a reason (Neighbors,etc. thought her life was fine)
As for the lines where he says:
What do you say we get high?
Cause I'm so tired of days that feel like the night
He is just saying lets do something, because these days she is living just feel like she is sleeping, she is not engaged in anything during her day.
Some of the lines that support this idea include:
1)"There's no tears, cause he's not here"
2)"And the seasons of last year
Like reasons have floated away"
3)"A life left behind, she can find in her mind gone away"
The husband is still there physically but is no longer the person she knew, or loved. She was relieving her pain, as well as his.
What do you think this means? I can't figure it out..
"but reasons, like seasons, they constantly change" - she has a ton of reasons, they just keep piling on more and more
"and the seasons of last year, like reasons, have floated away" - every time a new issue arrises it takes precedent over the last problem she had with her husband, and now that she's killed him, all of the anger and reasons she had to kill him are leaving her because she's finished what she wanted to do.
hope that helps
"Away with the spilt milk...dirty dish water" it was all the little things that had built up over the years to make her realize the only person that she could count on to love her was herself. idk. thats my interpretation.
After years of neglect, she lives in a daze. Her whole life is a lie because she has forced herself to exist in denial for so long.
Finally, she snaps. She kills the man who has battered her all this time.
And she is doubtful that anyone will believe her reasons for killing him.
Knowing nothing else to do, she goes about her business as she waits for the cops to show up.
It strikes me as taking place in the fifties, when men were more or less still considered superior to women.