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You’re cussing a storm in a cocktail dress
Your mother wore when she was young
Red sun saint around your neck
A wet martini in a paper cup
You’re a wasp nest
Your eyes are broken bottles
And I’m afraid to ask
And all your wrath and cutting beauty
You’re poison in the pretty glass
You’re a wasp nest
You’re all humming live wires
Under your killing clothes
Get over here, I wanna
Kiss your skinny throat
You’re a wasp nest
Your mother wore when she was young
Red sun saint around your neck
A wet martini in a paper cup
You’re a wasp nest
Your eyes are broken bottles
And I’m afraid to ask
And all your wrath and cutting beauty
You’re poison in the pretty glass
You’re a wasp nest
You’re all humming live wires
Under your killing clothes
Get over here, I wanna
Kiss your skinny throat
You’re a wasp nest
Lyrics submitted by nicorobin, edited by T_D_Phoenix
Track duration: 03:22
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They way I see it, this couple have broken up but bump into each other after they've separated, (maybe in a bar/club) and they reconcile. Past: He fell in love with her, but she didn't reciprocate his feelings, so that's why they went their separate ways - she had broken his heart, she rejected him, etc.
Present: But he's still in love with her, which is how I interpret "A wet martini in a paper cup" - he thinks she's gorgeous, he's always found her attractive, and in his estimation, the dress she's got on (the "cocktail dress") isn't flattering her at all.
"Your eyes are broken bottles
And I’m afraid to ask"
To him, she looks just utterly sad and broken - he can tell that she's going through an emotional upheaval. He knows how to read her emotions, her state of being well enough to know this. He can tell that she's been struggling with some emotional conflict - maybe even their relationship, which didn't work out. The way I see it, he could be hoping that she's been missing him as much a he's been missing her. He's clinging to that hope, that hope that she is in love with him, too.
"Get over here, I wanna kiss your skinny throat"
I think this articulates his feelings for her - he's missed her like crazy, and do you love me, and he wants her back, and why can't they be together? all thrown into one simple statement.
And that's the way I see it, peeps. Am I over-analysing this song? Yeah, maybe. But I LOVE this song! This interpretation came to like an epiphany, a bolt right out of blue. I had to share it.
~E.
P/S: Could anyone tell me what 'red sun saint' means? Is it some kind of talisman she's wearing?