JD's stepfather Mike Noonan terrorized and abused him and his mother for most of his childhood. This is another "confessional" song, and it's exactly what it appears to be: Mike gets abusive, teenaged John hides in his room and takes refuge in his music.
There's another song where he talks about Mike trashing his room in an abusive episode. "Break anything you want, just not my record player", is the line as I recall.
JD's stepfather Mike Noonan terrorized and abused him and his mother for most of his childhood. This is another "confessional" song, and it's exactly what it appears to be: Mike gets abusive, teenaged John hides in his room and takes refuge in his music.
There's another song where he talks about Mike trashing his room in an abusive episode. "Break anything you want, just not my record player", is the line as I recall.