I may be wrong but I think the cascades are the flow of blood and other bodily products when a miscarriage occurs. It makes sense to me in the context of the general meaning I get from the song and the line "the witness was the Cascades". Also, I saw somewhere that the lyrics say "the NEWS was broke" which too makes more sense to me, especially combined with everything else. Plus, that's what I hear when I listen to the song.
I may be wrong but I think the cascades are the flow of blood and other bodily products when a miscarriage occurs. It makes sense to me in the context of the general meaning I get from the song and the line "the witness was the Cascades". Also, I saw somewhere that the lyrics say "the NEWS was broke" which too makes more sense to me, especially combined with everything else. Plus, that's what I hear when I listen to the song.