Triple Dog Dare

If you've seen the movie A Christmas Story, you're familiar with the triple dog dare, the coup de grace of all dares. In this song, Dacus triple dog dares a love interest to run off together.

Each track on Lucy Dacus' Home Video album explores a different experience from the singer-songwriter's childhood. This seven-minute-long closer is about a close friendship she had in her freshman year of high school. It nearly evolved into something more, but Dacus wasn't out to herself at the time. "And actually, she was my first friend that ever came out to me," she recalled to The Independent. "And I think there was some implication that like, 'OK, your turn,' and I just didn't get it."

Lucy's friend's Catholic and psychic mom saw what was going on. She didn't want a lesbian relationship to develop, and kept them apart. The mom told her daughter, "You can't hang out with Lucy tonight. You're in imminent danger. If you leave the house tonight, something bad is going to happen to you. I can't explain it. It's cosmic.'"