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When Jeff Tweedy can't talk he sings, and if you're one of those who likes to read between the lines, you only think you know what he's singing about. Hell, you don't even have to read between the lines. Look at "Via Chicago": "I dreamed about killing you last night / And it felt all right to me." Pardon me, sir? But, no, while Tweedy may be a storyteller, he's not writing his autobiography. You may need these songs to be about infidelity and the problems with always being in love with someone you're not supposed to be in love with, but they aren't. Well, they are, but not from Tweedy's perspective. You only wonder how Tweedy and the band are going to try to top themselves next time, because as it stands, that might be impossible.