*my eyes open wide, a glass slips from my hand and shatters on the floor*

What if Jolene was Death?

@SirEviscerate I will never understand love songs, which make the implication that a person can be stolen. It turns people into property which are owned rather than agents with freedom of choice. It also invalidates the possibility of polyamory or non-monogamy. I do think it makes it a bit more convincing if Jolene is death, but then why would he be talking about death in his sleep.
@SirEviscerate https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/glastonbury-2014-so-who-s-jolene-9574451.html Also "The real Jolene has never stepped forward. Nor has the protagonist that Parton created using her name. The singer has separately revealed that the inspiration for "Jolene" was a red-haired teller who flirted with her husband at his local bank branch (Parton has been married to Carl Dean, a Nashville businessman who is rarely photographed or quoted, for 48 years)."
Glastonbury 2014: So who's Jolene?

Dolly Parton brought the house down when she told the tale of the woman who inspired her greatest hit. But is it a true story or a bit of country stardust?

The Independent