1. The song has many interpretations. Personally, I think this song is a man who is telling his son to be
brave through a divorce or bad marriage and apologizing for letting his son down.
I took "Weep little lion man,you’re not as brave as you were at the start" to mean you'll never be as
strong as you were when the marriage was still strong. The little lion man description is based upon
the idea that men are beasts, pure of heart but dangerously savage.
"Take all the courage you have left, Wasted on fixing all the problems, that you made in your own
head" Children can't always fully comprehend major events around them and often blame
themselves for things out of their control. The father is telling his son that the problems of the
break-up aren't the same problems the son has decided are the cause.
"But it was not your fault but mine, and it was your heart on the line, I really f***** it up this time,
Didn’t I, my dear?" This this is the father apologizing to his son, explaining that it isn’t the child’s
fault but his own. He accepts fault for his son's problems. It was his son's heart on the line; it wasn't
the father or mother's hearts that were vulnerable.
"Tremble little lion man, you’ll never settle any of your score" You won't be able to make the
marriage right again.
"Your grace is wasted in your face, your boldness stands alone among the wreck" This just made me
picture a vulnerable child trying to put on a brave face amidst the instability and confusion.
"Learn from your mother, Or else spend your days biting your own neck” father’s part that he was at
fault in the split and telling his son to listen to his mother.“Learn from your mother” could also mean
learn how to love; be in a relationship or treat a girl and don’t learn about what he had done.
“spendyour days biting your own neck” live alone, can't bite (kiss) a girl's neck anymore.
I choose this song because in a way they are all children and they make up half of the problems they
actually have, that they are just in there head. Also its fits because of the wedding, she was jilted at
the altar. The trailer is also about broken relationships for example Johnny treating Bree badly and
now there is a child involved. It also mentions settling scores, which in the trailer they try to do by
having a fight, but it will never be settled that way. It talks about taking what courage is left and how
it’s been wasted. “Tremble little lion man” in our context is that they are all scared and alone in the
world but there hiding behind a front e.g. brave face. The song apologises for all the wrong things
and how it’s their own fault.