Two Zero Two

Northstar

What's this odd game that’s all over the airwaves
It's their, loose lips
That lay me so sick with an ear pinned down on your chest
And all I heard were sighs from that shotgun
That she hides so well so well under that dress, my my, what an awful mess
Does that dress fit alright?
I want to know why it falls off and on
Are you okay, baby?
Hopefully Mississippi will end you like it did me
I’m a cabaret, a champagne café everyone uses to celebrate,
I’m just not ready to rot and dance and laugh to the sweetest death I ever had
And oh my, you look awful with a mouthful of sex like drugs, but I just can’t seem
To switch off this machine that turns ivory into kerosene
Does that dress fit alright?
I want to know why it falls off and on
Are you okay, baby?
Hopefully New York City will lose you like it did me



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    The song has to be about cheating... if you look at the lyrics they kind of spell it out for you:

    "what's this odd game that's all over the airwaves?" suggests that he's heard about her cheating (using airwaves, like a radio, as a general term for a lot of people), and he's directly asking about it; it could also mean that she's cheated with many people

    "it's their loose lips that made me so sick" the words 'their loose lips' imply that many people know of her cheating, and when he found it, made him sick because he didn't want the relationship to end and he wasn't expecting her to cheat

    "Does that dress fit alright? I wanna know why it falls off and on, Are you Okay, Baby?" This part is him asking her if there's something wrong with the dress and that's why it falls off; he doesn't want to think about the idea of her cheating. He asks if she's okay to see if he can do anything to change what she does

    "i'm a cabaret, a champaign cafe, everyone uses to celebrate, I'm just not ready to rot and dance and laugh..." This part is saying how he feels used, like a piece of entertainment for her (Cabaret) he's not ready to rot to a sweet death (sweet because he had her)

    "oh my you look awful with a mouthful of sex-- like drugs" Referring to the fact that she has sex with more than one guy is an 'awful' idea-- she's addicted to sex like its a drug

    "I just can't seem to switch off this machine that turns ivory into kerosene" --refers to her as a machine, the ivory is a symbol for what he thinks sex should be, valuble... the kerosene is what he thinks she sees sex as, something less desireable

    This is how i see it... What do you think? let me know :)

    ditahockeyon October 07, 2004   Link

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