This is the fourth song from Pedro the Lion’s fourth album, Achilles Heel. The song is about a farmer whose son hires a hitman to kill his father. In an ironic twist of fate, the hitman decides to carry out his job by killing the “asshole son,” thereby killing the father, who would be overcome with...
[Verse 1]
Having no idea that his youngest son was dead
The farmer and his sweet young wife slept soundly in his bed
In the shadow of the mountain as the cattle hung their heads
[Verse 2]
Grazing only feet from where broken body lay
And would lay undiscovered for another several days
When the farmer would find vultures at their banquet in the hay
[Verse 3]
The killer traveled eastbound in a golden-brown Sedan
Weighing his most recent deviation from the plan
Counting down the hours 'til the sun came up again
[Verse 4]
Hired to hit the farmer by the farmer's asshole son
He had not yet decided between poison or a gun
When suddenly he realized he would not use either one
Discretion was written by David Bazan.
Pedro The Lion released Discretion on Tue May 25 2004.