Lyric discussion by BoringBear 

I find this song dark, but very humorous! It just goes to show what a man will go through for love.

The runner is the threat between the narrator and the lover. "Their aint no cowboy in my hair" is the runner's way of making the narrator look foolish to his lover. So the narrator kills him and buries him in his garden. Throughout the rest of the lyrics explains the spy and the leak as detectives (or police or whatever) on his trail as he tries to hide evidence but he can't. So he kills them to stay the "tallest man" in his lover's eyes while meanwhile, his lover remains oblivious to his actions.

So he eliminated the threats for the sake of love. It's great!

I completely agree with you.

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