I cut off my hair and went to sleep
You were there, in my dream, nursing on a glass teat
It was a party, you were sucking liquor--
On your jacket a VIP sticker
It was a party, you were sucking liquor--
On your jacket a VIP sticker

I peed in my pants and ran down the street
Towards Washington Square Park,
Where you had been beat up
You were wearin' rags, I was wearing pointe shoes
I tried to lay next to you but you hit the snooze
The definition of
A crazy person is
Someone that does the same things
Over and over again while expecting new results
I cut off my tongue--you started to kiss me
Blood trickled down--don't you ever miss me?
Don't you ever miss meat?
Don't you ever mince meat?
Don't you ever mincth meat?


I called up my momma but I couldn't be sweet
So I escaped through the window on a rope made of sheets
Got bitten by a squirrel and stepped on a syringe
The view of Manhattan from GW Bridge
You said, "Honey?"
I said, "Baby?"
You said, "Funny"
I said, "Maybe"
You says, "Hi honey"
I says, "Hey baby"
You asked, "Was it funny?"
And I said, "Well maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe"


I cut off my hair and went to sleep
You were there, in my dreams nursing on a glass teat
I cut off my hair and went to sleep
You were there, in my dreams nursing on a glass teat
The definition of
A crazy person is
It was a party, you were sucking liquor--
On your jacket a VIP sticker
It was a party, you were sucking liquor--
On your jacket a VIP UH
On your jacket a VIP UH
On your jacket a VIP UH
On your jacket a VIP



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    My Opinion:I think Regina Spektor can sing and write whatever she wants, and you can depect it however you want. Her songs are fun, but utter nonsense, which is what makes them cool.[:
    Flag ImTypingUpMyUsernameon July 27, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Maybe it's a about a girl who wants her life to change in all sorts of ways, and her dream is all the things she would do differently than she has in the past. Or all the things she did already and now regrets.
    "I cut off my tongue/ you started to kiss me/blood trickled down/don't you ever miss me?"

    Maybe she wanted her man to change at one point and regretted "cutting off her tongue" and never telling him.
    Flag bailey92on December 19, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:For me this song is about the desperate emotional states you go through when a meaningful relationship is drawing to a close, and you can't figure out whether you want it to end or not, and it's all you can think (or dream) about. Maybe you keep doing something wrong but you can't let him go, the definition of a crazy person. He tells you it's over, you drive a hundred miles to beg for mercy, but he refuses. On his jacket is a VIP--he's decided he doesn't need your bullshit anymore. You're left wondering for a long time afterwards, don't you ever mince meat? miss me?

    This song makes a really nice pairing with emiliana torrini's 'heartstopper' for me
    Flag noranudon December 16, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's more like she knows that the guy is wrong for her and that he really doesn't care for her (for example, when she ran to his side, he ignored her,) but despite this she continues to run back to him expecting him to change.
    He maybe is only using her for a physical relationship and she feels that she can't speak when she's around him, but he doesn't care ("I cut off my tongue--you started to kiss me. Blood trickled down" like he doesn't mind or possibly even notice that she's in pain.)
    Flag ABirthdayWishon January 21, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:she presents a vision of a 'crazy' person, but also scorns us for judging as she also prooves everyone can show craziness in their daily lives, everyone knows what it is like to hit the snooze button repetitively
    Flag lacrimosaon November 17, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:OK!! I LOVE this song!! I think it is about a lady who is kinda sick....like mentally ill. She is in love with this guy who Used to love her but they couldnt be together because of maybe financial reasons and the fact that she is crazy.....but she can't really accept that so she keeps trying to sleep with him and get him to love her so she hurts herself for the attention and it works for a while because he DOES care for her.....but they cant be together.

    thats what i got so far...
    Flag morikahjoon October 13, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:maybe someone can clarify this for me:

    if whoever hit the snooze, doesn't that mean that she got to lay down with him?

    i get from the words following that phrase that it holds a negative connotation. that he never gives her the emotional relationship that she needs but she always expects a deeper connection.
    Flag britcheton September 17, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i think its about someone who is has a mental disorder...they cut off their hair and dream of the one they love...who i think doesnt really love her ack..but dooes care. she gets upset and cuts off her tongue to get a reaction and he kisses her.

    Then wen she escapes she steps on a syringe that makes me think maybe she was in a mental hospital.
    Flag morikahjoon June 28, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:i love this song. i love regina. :D and I agree with The Agressor too. but I was thinking about her dreaming that the guy with 'VIP' sticker on his jacket could possibly mean like, the person is a very important person to her?

    i dont know. haha. that's just what I think. :p
    Flag lulinasauruson March 19, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this song has got to be one of my favorite regina songs.

    what i THINK that its about is a person, lets say its a girl, who is out of a relationship, and notices her ex, whom i will say is a boy. he is now of some new sort of social standing, like hes so far above her, so out of her league. and i like what other people have been saying about the cutting off the hair to try change, to sort of get a new look, and see if that really does change things. and when hes sucking on the teat, it shows that he may be of some high social standing, but hes still a child. a silly, silly child, making dumb mistakes. the next part, about the peeing in her pants breaks my heart. like i can totally visualize a situation like this, and its sad. shes gone mad, you know, and she still cares about this boy, no matter how he feels about her, she wants him to meet up with her somehow, like with the i tried to lay next to you but you hit snooze. its like hes saying "next!" she still cares about this guy, and wants to have things to do with him. i really cant finish saying what i have to say, because i have a major assignment that im trying to get done on romeo and juliet (blegh) but, yeah. I ADORE REGINA!
    Flag alazzzon March 04, 2009   Link

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