JoeBialik December 24th, 2005 02:07PM  

No, I don't think it's that. I think it's about his girlfriend dying and he was framed or something, but I don't think in real life but like in his mind.

cheerfool68 January 11th, 2006 01:53PM  

I think this is a song about a girl who was said to commit suicide hence the line "it's not a suicide it's a crime," but her boyfriend doesn't believe that's true. So he goes to the autopsy to tell the doctor what he found out. The girl had poison in her stomach so she couldn't have shot herself.

anonymous February 5th, 2006 09:46PM  

This is about a FICTIONAL CHARACTER that died and that he wanted to find out who and that it was the boyfriend or ex boyfriend he didn't get that far. don't you guys listin to it hurts when I pee? It said it on there he had an interview about the song's meaning.

shay March 30th, 2006 12:42PM  

I dunno why, but when I saw them live, they said the song was about all the Dad's out there who didn't love their daughters.

anonymous April 7th, 2006 11:50PM  

OK, first off....you guys need to like read some non-literal poetry. Buddy is singing about a girl (which he probobly broke up with), and he's saying he feels broken because he doesn't want her to leave him(in comparison to a death) and wants her to come back...hes confused (brought you in for questioning). Other lyrics in this song such as "its not a suicide, its a crime.." probobly refer to her leaving him not because of what she did but something wrong he did. its all about love and betrayal baby.

Afriendinyourlies April 25th, 2006 02:05AM  

I think you are close. But I think it's about Buddy being over this girl and he wants to break up with her but first we wants to find out what went wrong. Her refers to her as being dead- a dead relationship. Possible poisoning could mean that maybe someone helped him make the decision to drop her or maybe he found someone else.

anonymous August 26th, 2006 01:44AM  

This song is a tricky one to figure out, but if you look at the lyrics closely, it is about a girl who is emotionally "dead" to him, and he is singing about how he wants to figure out what happened between them, and that things weren't as it seemed to be in their relationship.

As said on songfacts.Com

anonymous February 12th, 2007 05:01PM  

when I saw them live the other day Buddy said something along the lines of "This song is about a lass, Who unfortunately isn't alive anymore. I wrote this song for my old friend Courtney" something like that anyway. but the song is a story obviously, a tribute to his old friend.

anonymous March 12th, 2007 06:36PM  

Obviously you guys should watch the video. I only saw one person get close to the right meaning.

anonymous June 28th, 2007 05:40PM  

The song is metaphorical, lets play doctor is a different and subtle way of making things the way they used to be, but in that he wants her to make him understand why and where things went wrong, "you could help solve this case .... for me" "we'll have to hurry up before the flesh decays..." Flesh is a metaphor for the spark in a relationship, he's saying that they have to hurry up and find a way to make things ok before there is no chance left. "your death is such a shame" = I don't think of you any more and I can't bear it. "It's not a suicide, it's a crime
I have a witness, it's clearly evident
There had to be someone else present
At the time of death, poisons in stomach
How could she pull it, if she's dead?"

this is tricky to explan but I think, "it's not a suicide, it's a crime" may be about her cheating on him hence the someone else present (who she may have cheated with) and "how could she pull it, if she's dead?" may be from her argument for cheating eg. Her saying something like "you never thought of me so I went with someone who did." to me all this makes sense, what do you guys think?

anonymous August 28th, 2007 03:09AM  

In my opinion. and there could be a chance that it is this BUT. I think it's about abortion =]

Incisions must be made: they had to cut the baby out

It's not a suicide, it's a crime: she could have been hurt to an extreme extent that she had no choice but to die.

I have a witness, it's clearly evident
There had to be someone else present: the baby was still alive in her.

At the time of death, poisons in stomach: the baby was the poison. The reason she had no choice but to die

How could she pull it, if she's dead?: how could she give birth to the baby when she died.

We need a scalpel now
Under white lights you lay: the things needed for any operation

think about it. It kinda does make sense

anonymous February 9th, 2008 05:36AM  

It could be about abortion. Sometimes they use a special type of poison to get rid of the baby, and that could be the reason why the line -'time of death, poisons in stomach' could mean and also other lines could be associated to abortion.

anonymous June 14th, 2008 06:23PM  

Ok I think I've cracked it
its about the fathers relationship with her daughter and it was obviously bad, then he's talking about the dad trying to rebuild the relationship. and probly someone got in the way of their good relationship. but that's what the dad is doing.

anonymous September 25th, 2008 09:50AM  

Listen to the words.
It's about one of Buddy's Ex Girlfriends getting shot.
Not only does the song AND video show what happened.
and also in a magazine a few years ago Buddy explained it was bout an ex girlfriend getting shot and killed.

anonymous April 7th, 2009 12:01AM  

Could it be about Kurt cobain?

anonymous April 12th, 2009 08:55PM  

Buddy said on the bonus DVD for still searching that he just wrote the song to tell a story. he just wanted to sing about a "murder mystery"

anonymous July 6th, 2009 12:05AM  

Its a fictional story about a guy who's girlfriend or ex-girlfriend is murdered and the narrator dug up her body because everyone else thinks she killed herself and he doesn't believe that. once he does this he finds out she is she was poisoned before she died. So now he is trying to tell everyone that she was murdered and didn't commit suicide but he's having a hard time getting people to believe him. If he doesn't get someone to believe him all the evidence will go away. Also he promises her that he will find out who killed her and make him go to prison for the crime