everyone has their interpretations, and here's mines:
i think its something quite sexual about a person. its about loving someone, but you can't have, but also can't get over. so you hire a hooker (i dressed you in her clothes) and you act as if that hooker is the one you love. and by "having" her, your feel like she's finally yours, and although knowing she isn't the actual person, you still don't care. and by doing all this, it helps him to get farther away from her - to forget about her.
its a weird interpretation, but its just my thoughts. if anyone's seen the movie "Memento", something like this happens. the guy has an "escort" act as if she's his wife after his wife days, and it helps him.
To me, this song says so much with so few words. I have a somewhat psychoanalytical interpretation of it, in that I think it is about growing up, with human wants and needs that are maturing and transforming. First of all, I think the "town" he is speaking of is simply his childish innocence that is fading fast. Further, I think "I dressed you in her clothes" is a way of expressing how people tend to find elements of their parents in those who they love in adulthood. I think the original "her" is the speaker's mother--his original caretaker--and now...
To me, this song says so much with so few words. I have a somewhat psychoanalytical interpretation of it, in that I think it is about growing up, with human wants and needs that are maturing and transforming. First of all, I think the "town" he is speaking of is simply his childish innocence that is fading fast. Further, I think "I dressed you in her clothes" is a way of expressing how people tend to find elements of their parents in those who they love in adulthood. I think the original "her" is the speaker's mother--his original caretaker--and now that he is grown, he supplements the maternal with whomever it is who is "driving".
Of course, this isn't to say that people love their parents in a weird romantic way, but more so that we are all subject to strange maturing patterns, through which adults subconsciously derive behavior from very early and primal experiences. It is ironic how people often become what they are trying to get away from, and how we can be so pre-programmed yet still completely responsible for our will and how it relates to the equation of our lives.
everyone has their interpretations, and here's mines:
i think its something quite sexual about a person. its about loving someone, but you can't have, but also can't get over. so you hire a hooker (i dressed you in her clothes) and you act as if that hooker is the one you love. and by "having" her, your feel like she's finally yours, and although knowing she isn't the actual person, you still don't care. and by doing all this, it helps him to get farther away from her - to forget about her.
its a weird interpretation, but its just my thoughts. if anyone's seen the movie "Memento", something like this happens. the guy has an "escort" act as if she's his wife after his wife days, and it helps him.
To me, this song says so much with so few words. I have a somewhat psychoanalytical interpretation of it, in that I think it is about growing up, with human wants and needs that are maturing and transforming. First of all, I think the "town" he is speaking of is simply his childish innocence that is fading fast. Further, I think "I dressed you in her clothes" is a way of expressing how people tend to find elements of their parents in those who they love in adulthood. I think the original "her" is the speaker's mother--his original caretaker--and now...
To me, this song says so much with so few words. I have a somewhat psychoanalytical interpretation of it, in that I think it is about growing up, with human wants and needs that are maturing and transforming. First of all, I think the "town" he is speaking of is simply his childish innocence that is fading fast. Further, I think "I dressed you in her clothes" is a way of expressing how people tend to find elements of their parents in those who they love in adulthood. I think the original "her" is the speaker's mother--his original caretaker--and now that he is grown, he supplements the maternal with whomever it is who is "driving".
Of course, this isn't to say that people love their parents in a weird romantic way, but more so that we are all subject to strange maturing patterns, through which adults subconsciously derive behavior from very early and primal experiences. It is ironic how people often become what they are trying to get away from, and how we can be so pre-programmed yet still completely responsible for our will and how it relates to the equation of our lives.