Yes, it is still pretty damn catchy.įrom the Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die period, this has an Imagine Dragons vibe to it that would have perhaps jarred with the more oddball elements of the main album. When I read these lines, I can feel the groom's hollow sense of rage, regret, and sorrow, turning into rage once again.Yes, this counts. To say the least, their relationship has been a taxing, uneasy relationship, the kind that demands constant devotion and yet feels extremely taxing at the same time.Īs for the chorus, it all puts the general feel down quite nicely: The point of view then shifts to the groom, who (open to interpretation) is a rash young man, blinded by ranging hormones and a young life (boys will be boys, hiding in estrogen, and wearing aubergine) (She didn't choose this role)Īnd when she finally kills herself, the crowd is taken by complete surprise. More light is shed upon this issue as the wedding IS revealed to be a shotgun marriage, with the bride smiling through her tears on her wedding night, about to be wedded to a man she had not wanted. One would assume that this was an arranged marriage, coincidentally, a SHOTGUN MARRIAGE. She has long waited for this day, hiding her suicidal thoughts (bullet holes) behind her wedding plans (fashion magazines) The opening starts with a scene of a bride who has killed herself on the ballroom floor. My InterpretationThis song is about a bride who commits suicide upon her wedding night.
Could quite possibly also be a fairly directly lifted line from somewhere in the book.Īnd yes, excellent book. "Come on, this is screaming 'photo op'." seems to just be a reflection of that superficial mindset in general, where everything is artificial. Definitely Brandy, since as someone pointed out, she used to be a man, and it references about a hundred times her "aubergine eyes" and even the particular shade of eyeliner she uses: Aubergine Dreams. "Boys will be boys, hiding in estrogen and wearing Aubergine Dreams" is not about Seth or about a generality of gay men, as has been suggested by a couple of people. Flash.".so I think the "Give me a break" in the background after "You cry" is a clue as to what it's referring to, possibly. Hence, she chose the person she became, but didn't in the sense that she didn't want to be that.) And it's talking about her fake emotion, the overly sentimental way she's asking Shannon to tell her what happened to this point, after which it has the "Give me a break. "She didn't choose this role, but she'll play it an make it sincere." (For anyone who has read this book, think: Do what you LEAST want. I would think it's about Brandy though, the same scene, her lying on the floor bleeding.
Second verse could be about Shannon, as said. Even though Evie used a rifle, the narrator describes Brandy as being "shotgunned, at the bottom of the staircase, bleeding to death." So, yeah. "When I say 'shotgun', you say 'wedding'." is a clear reference to the shooting. I would be willing to bet "Give me envy" is in there somewhere too.
Flash." at some point a bit deeper into it. Flash." is right there in the first few pages. Even when Evie is shooting someone, in her mind, she it is a superficial act for the attention, so to me it's either what she's saying to herself in the back of her mind, or it's coming from one of the other two characters present, scrutinizing her form while shooting Brandy for beauty and gracefulness. The chorus, the "Have some composure, where is your posture?" part, I think is an extension of the idea of such deep vanity that it extends to such a serious moment. "Here's the setting." is even kind of a direct lift from the very beginning of the book "This is called scene setting: where everybody is, who's alive, who's dead." Hence the reference to whether or not she's bleeding on the floor for the attention. There are a couple of allusions in the first chapter, and most likely when it's revisited later as well although I'm too lazy to look for them, about how even in a tragic event like this, the 3 characters are still vying for their share of the spotlight, vying for attention. First verse, Brandy Alexander bleeding out at the beginning of the book. General CommentSong clearly about Invisible Monsters. Give me envy, give me malice, baby, give me a break Hiding in estrogen and wearing aubergine dreams Give me envy, give me malice, baby, give me a break!Īnd the teeth right down to the blood at her feet Give me envy, give me malice, give me your attention Well, she's not bleeding on the ballroom floor
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