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I heard American Pie on the radio this afternoon, and thought I'd look up and see what all the lyrics meant. Unfortunately, there are a thousand interpretations out there, but none of them are really very good at all (and, the best one just outright contradicts it's own story). And, to make matters worse, the artist has never said what any of it means.

Fortuitously, I discovered that McLean's original American Pie song-writing archive just sold for over a million bucks! It even had unused lyrics for the song. Perhaps there would be something in there. But, alas, it wasn't much help either.

So, after hours of searching and reading, I think

Here's an interesting thought experiment for you...:

You are the foreman of a jury. A man is accused of entering a small town and going door-to-door and killing all the men, women and children. Except for the girls aged 10 to 15. Them, he takes away, holds a makeshift marriage ceremony, and rapes them all for several days before being caught by police.

There is security video footage of him committing these crimes - and he confesses without being coerced. There is no question that the defendant did it (he doesn't have an identical twin, it wasn't self-defense, he wasn't forced to do it, etc...). And, several doctors have confirmed that he was legally sane at the time.

So, your only

To avoid spoiling the ending for anyone, here's the link.

Tonight's premiere was just painful.