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Behold the fishnet slut tonight
Hustle Rose goes from limb to limb
Fingertip to painted lip she sways her way up to him
Says, â??Now that your wallet is all lit up
Now that your wallet is all lit up [Repeats]
You're gonna want to wear it outâ??
If you're looking for something life-like
Hit a sardine nightclub
If every surface you touch is cold
Never go home
He says, â??I can't feel a thing, my dreams are so tight
Why wouldn't I stand in line tonight?â??
Now that your wallet is all lit up
You're gonna want to wear it out
You're gonna want to wear it out
You could throw me a bone
If I get too close you wake me up
remind me softly to go
If I forget won't you wake me up
Remind me not to feel a thing
Keep the dream tight
I can't feel a thing
My dreams are so tight
Why wouldn't I stand in line tonight?
Hustle Rose goes from limb to limb
Fingertip to painted lip she sways her way up to him
Says, â??Now that your wallet is all lit up
Now that your wallet is all lit up [Repeats]
You're gonna want to wear it outâ??
If you're looking for something life-like
Hit a sardine nightclub
If every surface you touch is cold
Never go home
He says, â??I can't feel a thing, my dreams are so tight
Why wouldn't I stand in line tonight?â??
Now that your wallet is all lit up
You're gonna want to wear it out
You're gonna want to wear it out
You could throw me a bone
If I get too close you wake me up
remind me softly to go
If I forget won't you wake me up
Remind me not to feel a thing
Keep the dream tight
I can't feel a thing
My dreams are so tight
Why wouldn't I stand in line tonight?
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Hustle Rose is a stripper, looking for a customer, going from one man's arm to another
Fingertip to painted lip, she sways her way up to him
-She's trying to entice him, make him want to pay for a private dance
Says, Now that your wallet is all lit up, you're gonna wanna wear it out
-Potentially a double entendre about his arousal/desire for her. Hustle is very confident in herself. You've seen me and you want what I have to offer. You're going to want to wear your wallet out I'm so good.
If you're looking for something life-like hit a sardine night-club
-Kind of a cocky line from Hustle, still trying to make the sale. She's better than normal girls. If you want a real, boring girl, go to some packed nightclub
If every surface you touch is cold, never go home
-Nothing/no one else in life is making him happy, satisfying him, so she says stay here and let her make him happy
He says, I can't feel a thing, my dreams are so tight
-His dreams are being stretched to the limit, and he feels like he's starting to feel like he can't achieve them, like his life his leaving his control, leaving him apathetic
Why wouldn't I stand in line tonight?
-It's not like it matters what distraction he chooses, none of it is what he wants. It's just a fleeting form of escape from what he feels is a desolate reality, and ultimately meaningless. Why should he stay here?
Now that your wallet is all lit up, you're gonna wanna wear it out
-I've piqued your interest, you're going to want to see what I can do for you, spend your money on me, escape through me. She's almost commanding him.
You could throw me a bone
If I get too close, you wake me up,
Remind me, softly, to go
-This isn't really being said out loud, more of an understanding between Hustle and the patron. If I get too close (emotionally or physically, I'm not sure) cut me some slack and tell me to leave/discard those feelings. It's a moment of vulnerability and sympathy between Hustle and the patron.
If I forget, won't you wake me up
Remind me not to feel a thing
Keep the dream tight
-If I become placated with this meaningless get-away, remind me it's not real, remind me not to feel like this is what I want. Encourage me to keep the dream alive (held tight).
I can't feel a thing, my dreams are so tight
Can't feel anything, my dreams are so tight
-He's back in reality, where his dreams are being pulled almost out of his grasp.
Why wouldn't I stand in line tonight?
-Regret. Why wouldn't I just stand in line at the sardine nightclub instead of wearing out my wallet? I'm back where I started. Hustled by Hustle Rose.
the key-sentence of the song .
There's always a reason behind everything you do. Contious, or subcontious motives(..or just a wacky morals :) ). Anyway, this song is such a bittersweet, because it justifies something considered "immoral". Another great song from Metric.
Musically - perfectly structured!
"Now that your wallet is all lit up, you're gonna wanna wear it out"
I think this line means that now that you've worked hard for your money, you're going to want to spend it on the prostitute, and wear it out.
Obviously, the song is about how the man has broken from the monotony of his tight work dreams, into the monotony of loose prostitutes, and how he's fallen for a prostitute in particular, Hustle Rose.
You could throw me a bone
If I get too close you wake me up
remind me softly to go
If I forget won’t you wake me up
Remind me not to feel a thing
Keep the dream tight
I can’t feel a thing
My dreams are so tight
I think these lines are saying that he doesn't want to leave Hustle Rose when it's done and over, and go back to the monotony of his tight dreamed life.
Or at least that's how I see it. :)
eventually she goes home with him and she wakes up and and regrets what she did. but at the same time she can't stop doing it, it's all she knows with men.
it's about how each time your let down you trust people less and less untill finally you don't believe in love anymore atall.
the song seems so relevent to my life it scares me.