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Originally Posted by michelej1
I don't pull my hair out trying to figure out what Chris is talking about. I see her meaning as a little more straight forward.
On the other hand, I do think there's a deeper layer and a darker strain to her words than a lot of people give her credit for. I think they're a lot less sugary than they would initially appear to casual fans who like to cheerily croon in sing song voice: "tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies."
I think her songs are mysterious, but only because people aren't listening, not because she's not explaining things exactly. For instance, SYLM, I think most people hear a guy saying he loves her, when it's really about a guy leaving. How does it feel being wooed when you know the woe is just a sunrise away?
Michele
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The pulling-my-hair-out part is figuring out WHO she is writing the song to. For example, I love Little Lies, but I dunno who it's about. I do know Sugar Daddy is about no one (and her getting out her silly song in the vein of tunes like Big Balls by AC/DC) and the songs about John, but that's it.
As for the guy part, I thought it was a love song till I gave it a closer listen when I was breaking up with my ex, Tim, last year. I realized she is begging her guy to stop taking advantage of her and, in many ways, Tim did exactly that to me.