Howard's Tale

"Howard's Tale"
Song

Howard's Tale is a semi controversial song on the Sick Puppies' album Dressed Up as Life. The song vaguely talks about the events of a boy as he grows up and becomes an adult. Many think the song deals with some form of abuse, be it sexual abuse, drug abuse, physical abuse, or all of the three. Sexual abuse is the most obvious form of abuse present in the song, at age 16 it says "Sixteen and the woman down the street / Has invited him to come inside / The first time, it didn't feel right / It'll be the last time he tries" implying statutory rape and Howard's disgust with heterosexual sex. The song ends with "Nineteen and he's innocently / Parked right beside a school / He stares at a boy sitting there / And the boy stares at him too / He walks over / He needs closure". This could imply that Howard had been molested as a child and is ether about to help a child for his own closure and move on in his life,or that he is going to rape the child for his own closure and repeat the cycle of abuse.

Some have even made connections between the song and a theme of homosexuality.

External links

• Sick Puppies official website