I know Neko Case has said this song is autobiographical and I agree with many of the posters here that the song is really about disappointment with love/finding it, etc.
Nonetheless, when I frist heard the opening stanza of the song, I really thought it was about being a vampire. Perhaps not a lofty topic for such a clever songwriter as Neko, but bear with me as I decode the text:
The most tender place in my heart is for strangers
vampires usually turn to strangers for their sustenance; thus strangers are really the most important people for vampires.
I know it's unkind, but my own blood is much too dangerous
vampire blood is what makes other people turn into vampires, perhaps something the singer is not happy about/tries to resist by refering to her blood as "dangerous.")
Hanging around the ceiling half the time
vampires sometimes hang from ceilings while hibernating during half of the day - "half the time" - while feeding during the other "half of the time, i.e. day, which would be night).
Hanging around the ceiling half the time
I know Neko Case has said this song is autobiographical and I agree with many of the posters here that the song is really about disappointment with love/finding it, etc.
Nonetheless, when I frist heard the opening stanza of the song, I really thought it was about being a vampire. Perhaps not a lofty topic for such a clever songwriter as Neko, but bear with me as I decode the text:
The most tender place in my heart is for strangers
@jisaacus I had this same interpretation! I love the way this song can be parsed in so many ways.
@jisaacus I had this same interpretation! I love the way this song can be parsed in so many ways.