i’ve been told this song is about either rape or vampires?

any insight?

i remember hearing a long time ago about it being about rape.  who knows?

you sure did wail it out nicely in clemson brock. but heres the lyrics in case anyone else was reading up in them besides me

Make up your mind
Decide to walk with me
Around the lake tonight
Around the lake tonight
By my side
By my side
I’m not gonna lie
I’ll not be a gentleman
Behind the boathouse
I’ll show you my dark secret

I’m not gonna lie
I want you for mine
My blushing bride
My lover, be my lover, yeah

Don’t be afraid
I didn’t mean to scare you
So help me, Jesus

I can promise you
You’ll stay as beautiful
With dark hair
And soft skin…forever
Forever

Make up your mind
Make up your mind
And I’ll promise you
I will treat you well
My sweet angel
So help me, Jesus

(hey, hey, hey)

Give it up to me
Give it up to me
Do you wanna be
My angel?
So help me!

Be my angel

Be my angel

Do you wanna die?

I promise you
I will treat you well
My sweet angel
So help me, Jesus

Jesus

Jesus

Jesus…

brockalicious - 18 April 2007 09:33 PM

PS. I dont think vampires would want help from jebus, or jesus

i thought i heard a jebus in there at the end

pretty sure i remember a girl in the river wrapped in plastic in the video? could be wrong

this is from an article on http://www.musicfanclubs.org/toadies/toadies/ripart.txt ...

That was then - when rednecks had their heads up their chaps - and this
is now - those same rednecks watch strippers dance to “Possum Kingdom.”
    “When we were in Detroit a stripper came up…and we were making fun of
the news clipping we got that [said] strippers in Fort Worth were dancing to
‘Possum Kingdom,’ and she was like, ‘Oh, are you guys upset about that?’ “
recalls Umbarger.  “And I’m like, ‘No, not really.  I just think it’s kind of
funny.’  And she said, ‘Oh good, ‘cause I’m a stripper and last night I
danced to ‘Possum Kingdom.’ “
    “I asked her if she knew what it was about,” continues Lewis.  “And she
goes, ‘Yeah, the nasty!’ Those strippers have their fingers on the pulse of
the music world.”
    “And a lot of other things…” Herbert interjects.
    “I heard that strippers made Green Day what they are.  I heard that
before Green Day even got radio play, strippers were dancing to Green Day,”
Umbarger continues.
    Laughing, Lewis says: “Strippers broke that new Alanis Morissette
record!”
    Stripper aside, “Possum Kingdom” is not about “doing the nasty.”  It,
like most of Toadies’ tunes, are stories, as Umbarger explains while Lewis
excuses himself to grab a tissue.  “They’re just these silly stories he’s
heard his family tell.  Like ‘Tyler’ and ‘Possum Kingdom’ are just like
stories…In Texas, there’s just this big storytelling thing - whenever your
family gets together, they sit and talk and tell all these stories.  ‘Possum
Kingdom’ is a ghost story.”
    “Possum Kingdom is a lake.  One of the ten best fishin’ spots in the
U.S.,” Lewis says upon returning.
    Is it a about a ghost or vampire at the lake?
    Everyone laughs.  Man-of-mystery Lewis replies: “I don’t know.”
    “It’s not about vampires,” Umbarger insists.  “Even though we have a big
underground vampire following in Florida.  They come with their teeth and
everything.  I’m not lying about that, that’s a real story.  They’ll show up
and you’ll be talking to someone, and they’ll smile and it’s like, ‘Jesus
Christ! You’ve got fangs!’  And they’re like, ‘Yeah.  It’s a vampire thing.’
So we have this big vampire underground following, and ‘Possum Kingdom’ has
kind of stirred it up.”
    So what’s it really about, then?
    Not missing a beat, Lewis replies: “Vampires.”
    Laughter breaks out yet again.  “It’s just a story I heard long ago;
it’s just a really cool, eerie lake, and some stuff I heard and some stuff I
just make up.  I tend to do that,” Lewis explains about the watering hole
where his family used to hang out and barbecue.  “They dammed up this big
river up there, and it’s got all these spooky names like Hell’s Gate.  It’s
really cool.”

... apparently there is this story about a bunch of people getting murdered at Possum Kingdon Lake like 20 years ago or something

what does it mean to you?

I like pulling bits and pieces of song lyrics and piecing them together…applying them to my life and my world around me…

kind of letting the music play my emotions through me…that song that night definitely stuck a nice chord inside me

excellent choice for a cover!

this takes me back to my middle school days.  The toadies rule!

81TIGER04 - 18 April 2007 10:00 PM

And they’re like, ‘Yeah.  It’s a vampire thing.’

 

Fangs huh? Who would’ve thunk
hahahaha

Here’s your sign

will - 18 April 2007 11:02 PM

I like pulling bits and pieces of song lyrics and piecing them together…applying them to my life and my world around me…

kind of letting the music play my emotions through me…

i do the same will, it makes it all the more interesting….

cool story, thanks tiger.

I’ve never listened to the words before, i’m always too busy trying to nail the guitar part in guitar hero

Dolian - 19 April 2007 10:56 AM

I’ve never listened to the words before, i’m always too busy trying to nail the guitar part in guitar hero

i bet you “whammy” the hell out of that song huh
that’s my favorite part

dolians a nerd

SkIP_ - 19 April 2007 11:07 AM

dolians a nerd

come on adam, we’ve been over this in previous threads

addiction is a disease. with proper treatment we’ll all make it out okay.

i’ve got my 30 day coin
haha

go back to school greeves

brockalicious - 18 April 2007 09:33 PM

The line about not being a gentleman behind the boathouse

I didn’t know it was a Phish cover

zing!  good one joel

joel - 19 April 2007 11:57 AM

brockalicious - 18 April 2007 09:33 PM

The line about not being a gentleman behind the boathouse

I didn’t know it was a Phish cover

great one   joel

I still say its about vampires because I want it to be

agreed, great choice for PG to cover

yes, my friends, for the record this thread went:

possum kingdom>rape>vampires>mike gordon

joel - 19 April 2007 11:57 AM

brockalicious - 18 April 2007 09:33 PM

The line about not being a gentleman behind the boathouse

I didn’t know it was a Phish cover

Ouch Joel!!!! That was a goodo ne though….

Yea Joe I thought I heard Jebus also… Funny stuff .. Great cover through and the guys really brought in the 2nd set the right way with that…. It really set the mood and tone of the 2nd set.. which I like the heavy dark sets that melt your face….

i’ve always just thought it was about a twisted guy who, as brock said, makes the situation a very final one.

linz, julian and i were listening to Rubberneck on the drive back form athens a week prior SPECIFICALLY to listen to that song and talk about how it would be a good cover for the boys. 

loved that album, love the job pgroove did with that song.

Dolian - 19 April 2007 10:56 AM

I’ve never listened to the words before, i’m always too busy trying to nail the guitar part in guitar hero

just got a 95% on that bitch on expert

LuckyBetz - 20 April 2007 03:26 AM

possum kingdom>rape>vampires>mike gordon

HAHAHAHAHAHA

i know i was in heaven

chino - 20 April 2007 10:14 PM

Dolian - 19 April 2007 10:56 AM

I’ve never listened to the words before, i’m always too busy trying to nail the guitar part in guitar hero

just got a 95% on that bitch on expert

Chino if this is the truth you are MY HERO! that is amazin son!