b3lispeak:

It’s extremely funny reading people’s thoughts and interpretations on Neutral Milk Hotel’s, King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1.





“And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy’s shoulder

And dad would throw the garbage all across the floor

As we would lay and learn what each other’s bodies were for”



Jeff Mangum’s parents were an incredibly unstable couple and had fighting episodes frequently. At one point in their tumultuous relationship, Jeff’s mother actually stabbed his father in the shoulder with a fork.

This part in the song is not a metaphor for anything deeper. It actually happened.





My proof behind this is in my family. My mother, aunts, uncle, and grandparents all grew up in Ruston, Louisiana and my aunt even dated Jeff before he moved to Athens, GA. My family had a semi-close relationship with him and his family and stories about him have trickled down to me (even more so now that I have taken an affinity to NMH’s music.)



Below are a few pictures of Jeff in Ruston in his younger years.











