Love rhymes with hideous car wrecks

Those tire tracks
zigzag your torso like a Devil's self portrait.
The car accident, the skin graft treatment, the flower baskets,
the wincing relatives...

you bid her farewell then got in your car
and that's the last thing that you can recall.
and when they pulled you out
you didn't know your name
exploding semi truck blurred your face with flame...

you met Jane four years ago today
dancing at some vomit-stained frat party.
Her newspaper gown, glowing headline brown, her violent gypsy dance,
her tired underpants...

Love [x12]
rhymes with pity now
Love [x12]
rhymes with sympathy now

Jane let you touch and feel her
she was so free like a pineapple in a tree
You said it's dangerous
to be so intimate
You know it's dangerous, dangerous, dangerous.

Jane said when she laid on her back
the sun hit her body like an ugly landscape.

But some things never get better
like used cars and bad livers.
So you traded her in for a better looking brand.
One with fake porno tits
a pad lock on her lips
disposable tan
biodegradable hands.

Back at the hospital
you got no visitors at all.
She visits you in your sleep,
but that newspaper gown is always on fire [x2]

She met him a week after you left her
when you tossed out her touch to the garbage collector.
He talked her out of her skirt in his beer-soaked apartment
and then they did all the things
you never said that you wanted.
And the sirens are laughing underneath your skull.
And your thoughts are turning dull, callous and cold.
Yesterday you gave your burden a name.
Yesterday you gave your burden a face.

But your burden looks an awful lot like her.

Love [x12]
rhymes with pity now
Love [x12]
rhymes with sympathy now

Una interpretación de la letra muy buena que encontre

I think everyone is looking at this song too simply, as if the guy is just using her for sex, and throwing her out, but I think there's a lot more to it than that. I believe it's about a troubled relationship between two people.

First of all, it says "You met Jane four years ago today," meaning they've probably known each other for a while, which I don't think he would just be using her if they've known each other for four years. It probably signifies that they've had a very long relationship, and like most relationships, it tends to have a lot of problems over time.

It says he met her at "vomit-stained frat party," which probably means he was just looking to party and get laid. "Her newspaper gown, glowing headline brown, her violent gypsy dance, her tired underpants" probably means she was looking for attention, and was just flaunting herself to get. So when the two met and got involved, he was probably in it for the sex, whereas she was wanting attention, and to feel loved. However, the two ended up growing close to each other. "Jane let you touch and feel her, and she was so free like a pineapple in a tree" probably means that she got to be very comfortable with him and felt free.

"You said it's dangerous to be so intimate" is probably a way of saying the closer they grow, the more they'll fight, the more they'll get sick of each other, and the more likely they'll be to hurt each other. "And Jane said when she laid on her back, the sun hit her body like an ugly landscape." I think this is a way of saying they're still together and still having sex, but the feeling just isn't there anymore, "the sun" showing the "ugly landscape" is a way of saying they know they're just having sex, but they both know the relationship is going downhill, and the feeling isn't there anymore.

"But somet things never get better, like used cars and bad livers, so you traded her in for a better looking brand" - he thinks the relationship won't get better, so he gets rid of her and gets a new girl who is obviously just using because of her looks.

"Back at the hospital, you've got not visitors at all, she visits you in your sleep, but that newspaper gown is always on fire." - he has no visitors, especially not Jane, but she "visits" him in his sleep is a way of saying, he is regretting what he has done, but there's nothing he can do about it now, because the car wreck probably left him in very bad shape, permantly. But she has gotten over the relationship and goes out once again looking for love, and meets a new guy.

"She met him a week after you left her, when you tossed out her touch to the garbage collector. He talked her out of his skirt in his beer-soaked apartment," - After he got rid of her, she went out once again looking for attention, and ended up having sex with a low-life who is using her for sex, "and they did all the things you never said that you wanted." Even though he got rid of her, he realizes how much he loves her, and he never wanted it to turn out like this, he never wanted her to go out and have sex with someone else.

"And the sirens are laughing underneath your skull, and your thoughts are turning dull, callous, and cold. Yesterday you gave your burden a name, yesterday you gave your burden a face, but your burden looks an awful lot like her." - As a result of his wreck, he is probably very damaged and can't do much, and probably received very serious brain damage. All he can really do is think about what he did, and thinking about her burdens him.

In conclusion, the song title "Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck" is ironic because it's like saying love is a hideous car wreck. One moment, you're driving, and the wreck just hits you without even realizing it, and there's nothing you can do to stop it, and afterwards, there's no fixing it.