Let's Talk About...SISTER HONEY

[michelej1]

Maybe it's Sister Carrie I'm actualling thinking of, but I lean towards the (admittedly) surface reading and say that Sister Honey is a prostitute. I think the song chronicles a power play in relationships, where it's unclear who holds the strength and control. You think it's A initially and you find that it's B who can't walk away.

Who's putting on the facade and pretending to love (need)? Is one doing it only for the money and one doing it only for the sexual gratification. Well, maybe neither are still there for the disinterested reasons that brought them.

My favorite line is "don't let that golden hair, get in the way." I know this can be interpreted as not letting the hair get in the way of a cocaine snort, but I see the hair as innocence and/or a cover. Sometimes I'm not sure whether the golden hair is soft and pure or hard and brassy. Sometimes, I think it means, don't let your inhibitions or conscience get in the way. Sometimes, I think it means don't judge a book by its cover. A hard shell conceals a soft core.

At any rate, I think the words fast like a jet plane, fast like a star stream, hit you with a fury, whispering the words one more time are very seductive. I mean, even if I don't think it's about cocaine, I do think it's about addiction.

Michele