(You know, I'd forgotten that term until I saw
crowgirl13 use it recently.)
Anyway, "We Both Go Down Together," by The Decemberists, is an evil song. I've had a certain part of the song stuck in my head so long I am no longer impressed by his vast veranda, nor do I believe this Miranda could possibly be as virginal as he claims she is.
Clearly I'm insane. But not as insane as I by rights should be: I learned the song on a car trip, during which one of my good friends insisted on singing the lyrics this way:
Meet me on my sweet veranda,
my vast, untouched Miranda
So there's that in my head. Oy vey.