First off great song, beautifully performed with some great double entendres.
"I'm so hard for a rich girl
My heels are high
My eyes cast low
And I don't know how to love"
You can mentally put a comma between hard and for. She's not a lesbian. What she's saying is that for a rich a girl she's emotionally hard. Work and stress have built up an outter shell in which is extremely difficult for her to let anyone or anything in. She goes on to support this by saying "and I don't know how to love" insinuating that because of this hardness she's began to dehumanize, becoming purely professional without a love life.
"I get too tired after midday, lately
I take it out on my good friends
But the worst stays in
Or where would I begin?"
She takes out her anger and frustration on her close friends, implying that only to the people she feels comfortable with. Luckily it also means they probably know that she's like this."but the worst stays in, or where would I begin?" means that her worst emotions are kept to herself, elsewise she would have any friends at all.
"My office glows all night long
It's a nuclear show and the stars are gone"
She works all night, pretty straight forward. but here's where it gets poetic. Her job has become a "nuclear show" in which she feels. So much so that the "stars" (hopes, dreams, aspirations - whatever it is people think about when they look at stars) are gone, much like nuclear pollution would cause literally.
"Elevator, elevator
Take me home"
Here's why the song is called Elevator Love Letter. She's actually talking to the elevator the whole time, which means there's no one else in it, which also means in essence she's talking to herself. Being alone in an elevator gives her time to reflect and vent out the problems she has in her life. Then she asks it to take her home, a place away from all of this stress.
"I'm so hard for the rich girl
Her heels so high
And my hopes so low
'cause I don't know how to love
To those who are debating it, it is "hard for the rich girl" it's a play on words from the first time, which is pretty clever. Simply put, the guy wants her. Unfortunately his hopes are low, not because he doesn't think he can get her, but because he knows that there won't be an relationship. He goes on to explain that he doesn't know how to love, which is much different from when she said it. He doesn't know how to commit a relationship, which explains his low hopes for creating something beyond just a one night stand. It should also be noted that he too is talking in (or to) the elevator, which again explains the title. Two people are in essence telling their problems through the elevator, both in need of love. Nice.
"I'll take her home after midnight
And if she likes, I'll tell her lies
Of how we'll fall in love by the morning
I don't think she'll know
That I'm saying goodbye..."
So this guys is willing to lie through his teeth to get her in bed, simply because he knows that there isn't going to be any commitment, so he's ok with lying to get what he wants. Then of course, he's going to leave her in the morning, ending whatever relationship that could have been.
"Don't go, say you'll stay
Spend a lazy sunday in my arms
I won't take anything away"
Back from her perspective, this is the morning after the one night stand. He's getting up to leave and she's begging him to stay, which is completely understandable given her situation in life. She's having troubles socializing, always exhausted, and overwhelmed at work. She's just looking for someone to understand, an intimate partner. You can conclude that they met at some social scene because she asks him to spend a lazy Sunday, implying the night before was Saturday. She then mentions that she won't be any burden, again just trying to get him to stay.
The beauty of this song is the tone contrasting with mood. To anyone simply listening the mood is very lively with overall major tonic. However, once thoroughly analyzed it becomes apparent that the tone of the song itself is merely sarcastic and hard in comparison to the lyrics, and much like her life. The song puts up a hard lively shell for everyone to see, but underneath it's filled with hurt and the desire of two people in need of love. Amazing.
First off great song, beautifully performed with some great double entendres.
"I'm so hard for a rich girl My heels are high My eyes cast low And I don't know how to love"
You can mentally put a comma between hard and for. She's not a lesbian. What she's saying is that for a rich a girl she's emotionally hard. Work and stress have built up an outter shell in which is extremely difficult for her to let anyone or anything in. She goes on to support this by saying "and I don't know how to love" insinuating that because of this hardness she's began to dehumanize, becoming purely professional without a love life.
"I get too tired after midday, lately I take it out on my good friends But the worst stays in Or where would I begin?"
She takes out her anger and frustration on her close friends, implying that only to the people she feels comfortable with. Luckily it also means they probably know that she's like this."but the worst stays in, or where would I begin?" means that her worst emotions are kept to herself, elsewise she would have any friends at all.
"My office glows all night long It's a nuclear show and the stars are gone"
She works all night, pretty straight forward. but here's where it gets poetic. Her job has become a "nuclear show" in which she feels. So much so that the "stars" (hopes, dreams, aspirations - whatever it is people think about when they look at stars) are gone, much like nuclear pollution would cause literally.
"Elevator, elevator Take me home"
Here's why the song is called Elevator Love Letter. She's actually talking to the elevator the whole time, which means there's no one else in it, which also means in essence she's talking to herself. Being alone in an elevator gives her time to reflect and vent out the problems she has in her life. Then she asks it to take her home, a place away from all of this stress.
"I'm so hard for the rich girl Her heels so high And my hopes so low 'cause I don't know how to love
To those who are debating it, it is "hard for the rich girl" it's a play on words from the first time, which is pretty clever. Simply put, the guy wants her. Unfortunately his hopes are low, not because he doesn't think he can get her, but because he knows that there won't be an relationship. He goes on to explain that he doesn't know how to love, which is much different from when she said it. He doesn't know how to commit a relationship, which explains his low hopes for creating something beyond just a one night stand. It should also be noted that he too is talking in (or to) the elevator, which again explains the title. Two people are in essence telling their problems through the elevator, both in need of love. Nice.
"I'll take her home after midnight And if she likes, I'll tell her lies Of how we'll fall in love by the morning I don't think she'll know That I'm saying goodbye..."
So this guys is willing to lie through his teeth to get her in bed, simply because he knows that there isn't going to be any commitment, so he's ok with lying to get what he wants. Then of course, he's going to leave her in the morning, ending whatever relationship that could have been.
"Don't go, say you'll stay Spend a lazy sunday in my arms I won't take anything away"
Back from her perspective, this is the morning after the one night stand. He's getting up to leave and she's begging him to stay, which is completely understandable given her situation in life. She's having troubles socializing, always exhausted, and overwhelmed at work. She's just looking for someone to understand, an intimate partner. You can conclude that they met at some social scene because she asks him to spend a lazy Sunday, implying the night before was Saturday. She then mentions that she won't be any burden, again just trying to get him to stay.
The beauty of this song is the tone contrasting with mood. To anyone simply listening the mood is very lively with overall major tonic. However, once thoroughly analyzed it becomes apparent that the tone of the song itself is merely sarcastic and hard in comparison to the lyrics, and much like her life. The song puts up a hard lively shell for everyone to see, but underneath it's filled with hurt and the desire of two people in need of love. Amazing.