My brother and I use to have a lot of fun picking apart cryptic songs in an attempt to decipher them. There's quite a few musical numbers that fall under the heading of "ambiguous"....could be the song writers were high when the wrote them, or they could have been attempting symbolism. I thought it would be fun to post a weird song here and attempt to analyze it. But that may only be fun to me. :D
My first song for your analysis is Possum Kingdom by the Toadies. Possum Kingdom is a lake in Texas. The Toadies are from Fort Worth, which is near Dallas. A woman's body was found there some time ago and some Toadie fans believe the song is about her. Others, including myself, believe the song is about a vampire.
Here are the lyrics that lead me to believe that it's about a vampire:
I'm not gonna lie
I want you for mine
My blushing bride
My lover, be my lover, yeah...
And
I can promise you
You'll stay as beautiful
With dark hair
And soft skin...forever
It could be about both the murder and a vampire...who knows. It's a dark song, nonetheless. Thoughts? Know any cryptic songs that need code breaking?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Cf5OusjrQ#hq (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Cf5OusjrQ#hq)