The question for me is: who is he addressing in the song? When he says "I'll buiid a house inside of you" - is this the father? If it is the father, then yes, I'd agree with dbtheathen abou the father leaving the family - it would be obvious there.
The "you" he builds a house in is also obviously the "runner" in the title. Intially I thought there might be a third party here - someone else he is talking to, but now that I think it over it appears to be a dialogue just between he and his father.
The question for me is: who is he addressing in the song? When he says "I'll buiid a house inside of you" - is this the father? If it is the father, then yes, I'd agree with dbtheathen abou the father leaving the family - it would be obvious there.
The "you" he builds a house in is also obviously the "runner" in the title. Intially I thought there might be a third party here - someone else he is talking to, but now that I think it over it appears to be a dialogue just between he and his father.