sk8er1al February 14th, 2006 10:25PM  
This song is about Francis Farmer. She was a real hard actress in the 30s and 40s. She was arrested for being drunk and basically doing "un lady like" things.
Her mom put her in a mental hospital were she was raped, beaten and tortured, not to mention labotomized.

Eitenne July 1st, 2007 03:31AM  
This song is about Kurt's disenchantment with the general phony atmosphere of the entertainment industry. In the song, he bitterly notes how everyone connected to the industry is out for all they can steal from those who should be the entertainment industry's driving force...the artists and the innovators. Kurt then satisfies himself by indulging in a fantasy where one of the industry's most pronounced casualties, Francis Farmer, rises from the ash and takes her revenge on them all.

anonymous December 31st, 2007 04:37PM  
It's about an artist who is thrown in a clinic and lobotomized.

b_to_the_randon January 30th, 2008 08:24PM  
It's so relieving to know that you're leaving as soon as you get paid=
She was horrible to be around with on the movie sets, so this is a reference to how much she was disliked. As soon as she got paid, she would leave. (which is releiving because they didn't like her)

It's so relaxing to hear that you're asking wherever you get your way= She was spoiled and uncooperative, when she was arrested sh claimed that her rights had been violated. (she was arrested for DUI and dint pay the fine so she was taken by force from a hotel straight to jail)

It's so soothing to know that you'll sue me, this is starting to sound the same= As I said, she claimed her rights were violated and she made a big stink about it, she even threw things at the judge. She was threatening to sue over and over

I miss the comfort in being sad= she married and actor named Leif and he dumped her, and she used that as an excuse for her behavior for a long time.

In her false witness, we hope you're still with us, to see if they float or drown= this is referring to the witch trials. If you were suspected of being a witch they would tie you to a weight and throw you in a lake and if you floated you were a witch. This is a metaphor for how she was treated so unfairly in the court system. (she ended up in a mental hospital)

Our favorite patient, a display of patience, disease-covered Puget sound= this is a completely sarcastic line, she was a atrocious patient in the mental ward. She was violent and she injured a lot of the caregivers. This thing with puget sound is kinda random, but its not diseased (which means it could be used as a continuation of the previous sarcasm) its just the bay in washington that seattle is on.

She'll come back as fire, to burn all the liars, and leave a blanket of ash on the ground= a double suggestion that mt saint helens punished these liars, because it blew up 10 years after she died and left a blanket of ashes. The main emphasis is on hell and revenge.

I miss the comfort in being sad= as the police dragged her away from a phone call, she cried "have you ever had a broken heart?"