Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
I turned my back on my mother's milk
But I want it back
It was already spilt
I can't get me behind me
'Cause the devil is on my tail, so to speak
I said, somebody's going to jail
Take my doll put on her pretty clothes
Don't you soil her dress
Brush her hair, paint her lips like a rose
Cover up your mess
Strip, baby, strip, cause your daddy is watching
Strip, baby, strip, JonBenét
Strip, baby, strip, cause your mother knows nothing
Strip, baby, strip, JonBenét
Someone said the doctor is my friend
The bruising is his cause
My soul to save a smoking gun in bed
Behind closing doors
Strip, baby, strip, for the soul of your brother
Strip, baby, strip, for his wife
Strip, baby, strip, cause you know she's not willing
Strip, baby, strip, by the knife
I lost my doll, put on my pretty clothes
I won't soil my dress
I brush my hair, paint my lips like a rose
I cover up my mess
Strip, baby, strip, for the soul of your mother
Strip, baby, strip, for her life
Strip, baby, strip, cause you know you're worth nothing
Strip, baby, strip, by the knife
Strip, baby, strip, cause your daddy is watching
Strip, baby, strip, JonBenét
Strip, baby, strip, cause you know you're worth nothing
Strip, baby, strip, JonBenét
But I want it back
It was already spilt
I can't get me behind me
'Cause the devil is on my tail, so to speak
I said, somebody's going to jail
Take my doll put on her pretty clothes
Don't you soil her dress
Brush her hair, paint her lips like a rose
Cover up your mess
Strip, baby, strip, cause your daddy is watching
Strip, baby, strip, JonBenét
Strip, baby, strip, cause your mother knows nothing
Strip, baby, strip, JonBenét
Someone said the doctor is my friend
The bruising is his cause
My soul to save a smoking gun in bed
Behind closing doors
Strip, baby, strip, for the soul of your brother
Strip, baby, strip, for his wife
Strip, baby, strip, cause you know she's not willing
Strip, baby, strip, by the knife
I lost my doll, put on my pretty clothes
I won't soil my dress
I brush my hair, paint my lips like a rose
I cover up my mess
Strip, baby, strip, for the soul of your mother
Strip, baby, strip, for her life
Strip, baby, strip, cause you know you're worth nothing
Strip, baby, strip, by the knife
Strip, baby, strip, cause your daddy is watching
Strip, baby, strip, JonBenét
Strip, baby, strip, cause you know you're worth nothing
Strip, baby, strip, JonBenét
Lyrics submitted by bloodclot, edited by scottdoesntknow628
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By the way, does anyone know what Katie Jane sings between the lines "Bruising is his cause" and "behind closing doors"?
It goes:
Someone said the doctor is my friend For bruising is his cause My soul to save a smoking gun in bed Behind closing doors
JonBenét Ramsey, 6 -- Early on December 26, 1996, Patsy Ramsey called 911 to report her daughter JonBenet missing from her bed. A ransom note demanding $118,000 was left. Hours later, with law enforcement at the home. JonBenet's father, John Ramsey, found her battered, strangled body in the basement of their Boulder home.
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"My soul to save a smoking gun in bed. "
The intruder theory is supported by unidentified boot print outside the house, unknown male DNA on her underpants, marks possibly by a stun gun; and signs that someone entered through a basement window.
Beyond the obvious meaning and reference to the JonBenet Ramsey murder case, this song screams to me about a girl who feels (or is) worth nothing more than sex. "Pretty" (of "pretty clothes") seems to have a shallow connotation as does "paint her lips like a rose" (roses die and therefore can represent empty beauty in this case).
And obviously "strip, baby, strip cos you know you're worth nothing" speaks pretty clearly...
Just my thoughts...
P.S. The lyrics posted here are incorrect, but the corrected ones are posted next to it on the list of Queen Adreena songs. :)