This is brutal and opaque and it kills me in every version of it I hear. This is a movie of the mind, and it is built to make you squirm.

What’s going on? I keep coming back because I can’t quite tell…

I’ll never know how you got into such a mess.
Why do the bridesmaids all have to wear the same dress?

Fred Eaglesmith is the best country songwriter since Townes shambled on. His work will survive because of songs like this one.