When asked whether he felt his music could corrupt those who listened to by glorifying rape, homicide and suicide, leader singer Colin Meloy said that he "didn't care".
===Decemberists Songs with Potentially Negative Influences===
*Mariner's Revenge: Glorifies obsessive revenge and murder.
*July, July: Encourages fleeting entanglement over true romance.
*Legionnaire's Lament: Encourages alcoholism.
*We Both Go Down Together: Encourages rape against a unrequited love.
*O Valencia!: Pro-gang message.
*Yankee Bayonet: Glorifies the Confederate cause in the [[American Civil War]].
*Infanta: Pro-monarchist message.
*Eli, the Barrow Boy: An anti-Christian and possibly Wiccan image of life after death.
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