I can see this song in several ways. People seem to have missed "She begs me not to miss her." I don't think that "She begs me not to hit her "is about the narrator. The last line sounds like she's been abused by someone other than the narrator. She's wary of the relationship because she doesn't trust men.
I actually see a lot of heroin references in this song. A "hit" is the injection of the drug. "The tracks of a train's arm" sounds like it's talking about needle marks. "She begs me not to miss her" and "She begs me not to hit her" are her feelings about kicking heroin. "And freeze to spread skeleton wings/I passed through before I knew you" sounds like it's about the slimness that comes with heroin. He's been through it before himself.
The hit/ miss thing could be ambivalence. She doesn't really want the relationship, but she doesn't want it to end either. In that case, I take miss to mean the feeling you get after someone leaves, and "hit" would be an ironic definition meaning the opposite of miss. She doesn't want him to stay around, but she doesn't want him to leave.
She bottles up fer feelings like a jar, and she'll break like one. She's pretty outside and a war inside.
@cuddledumplin Adding to the heroin references, "watch me floating inches above... the people underneath" is without a doubt how being high from heroin feels - in fact, a pretty perfect description of it.
@cuddledumplin Adding to the heroin references, "watch me floating inches above... the people underneath" is without a doubt how being high from heroin feels - in fact, a pretty perfect description of it.
Also, has anyone noticed another ambiguous meaning of "a jar... with a heavy lid"...?
Also, has anyone noticed another ambiguous meaning of "a jar... with a heavy lid"...?
"A heavy lid" to the jar, could mean "heavy lids" of a sleeping person, "a sleepy kisser"... Or the "heavy lids" one gets using heroin, nodding out. What an prodigiously poetic song.
"A heavy lid" to the jar, could mean "heavy lids" of a sleeping person, "a sleepy kisser"... Or the "heavy lids" one gets using heroin, nodding out. What an prodigiously poetic song.
I can see this song in several ways. People seem to have missed "She begs me not to miss her." I don't think that "She begs me not to hit her "is about the narrator. The last line sounds like she's been abused by someone other than the narrator. She's wary of the relationship because she doesn't trust men.
I actually see a lot of heroin references in this song. A "hit" is the injection of the drug. "The tracks of a train's arm" sounds like it's talking about needle marks. "She begs me not to miss her" and "She begs me not to hit her" are her feelings about kicking heroin. "And freeze to spread skeleton wings/I passed through before I knew you" sounds like it's about the slimness that comes with heroin. He's been through it before himself.
The hit/ miss thing could be ambivalence. She doesn't really want the relationship, but she doesn't want it to end either. In that case, I take miss to mean the feeling you get after someone leaves, and "hit" would be an ironic definition meaning the opposite of miss. She doesn't want him to stay around, but she doesn't want him to leave.
She bottles up fer feelings like a jar, and she'll break like one. She's pretty outside and a war inside.
@cuddledumplin Adding to the heroin references, "watch me floating inches above... the people underneath" is without a doubt how being high from heroin feels - in fact, a pretty perfect description of it.
@cuddledumplin Adding to the heroin references, "watch me floating inches above... the people underneath" is without a doubt how being high from heroin feels - in fact, a pretty perfect description of it.
Also, has anyone noticed another ambiguous meaning of "a jar... with a heavy lid"...?
Also, has anyone noticed another ambiguous meaning of "a jar... with a heavy lid"...?
"A heavy lid" to the jar, could mean "heavy lids" of a sleeping person, "a sleepy kisser"... Or the "heavy lids" one gets using heroin, nodding out. What an prodigiously poetic song.
"A heavy lid" to the jar, could mean "heavy lids" of a sleeping person, "a sleepy kisser"... Or the "heavy lids" one gets using heroin, nodding out. What an prodigiously poetic song.