"That song is the true story of
some friends - I'm friends with the former wife anyway.
To me, it's all about the lines 'he had enough of being
loved / the crooked rain and rolling thunder / says it's
nice in Spain this summer'. You know, it's not particularly
easy to be loved, and it's not easy to love someone either,
and that really comes to the forefront when you're married.
More for me now than when I was just in relationships with
people and that's what I really wanted to illustrate. I
like the whole thing about guns and hunting season because
that brings out some intense shit in people. Having known
these people as a couple, I don't really know what that
woman could have done differently, she did all she could
- and the guy just couldn't stick. If I were in that situation
- and maybe I have been before... I don't know, I don't
want to push the violence metaphor too far. It's tongue
in cheek in a way - like 'if somebody can't deal with that,
take 'em out!' I don't know, that's really up to the imagination."
[2006-06-03 interview]
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