More than likely you’ve heard the song “Closing Time” by Semisonic. Like me you probably took the lyrics at face value and thought it was about last call at a bar, but some of the lyrics might have seemed a little odd. There’s a reason for that: the song’s not really about that at all. Check out this video for an explanation from Semisonic’s Dan Wilson:

You’re welcome parents.

I discovered this by way of Nate Johnson who shared this blog post by Kavin Senapathy.