In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Ow!
I am strong, love is evil
It's a version of perversion that is only for the lucky people
Take your time and do with me what you will
I won't mind, you know I'm ill, you know I'm ill
So hit me like a man and love me like a woman
Buried and sad, look me in the eyes, I want it
One will give you hell, one will give you heaven
Hit me like a man, love me like a woman
Love me like a woman
Love is strong, but I am evil
You are wrong, about me
Take your time, ah, play with me until
You can hear the children scream, like their stuck inside a dream
That you, ah, will
So hit me like a man, love me like a woman
Bury me alive, I can see it in your eyes, you want it
Some will give you pain, some will give you pleasure
Hit me like a man, love me like a woman
Love me like a woman
Don't you run away, run away from me, I will run away from you
Don't you run away, run away from me, I will run away from you
Hit me like a man, love me like a woman
From the devil deep inside, can't you see what I'm wanting?
Some will give you hell, some will give you heaven
So hit me like a man, love me like a woman
Love me like a woman
Love me like a woman
Love me like a woman, ow!
I am strong, love is evil
It's a version of perversion that is only for the lucky people
Take your time and do with me what you will
I won't mind, you know I'm ill, you know I'm ill
So hit me like a man and love me like a woman
Buried and sad, look me in the eyes, I want it
One will give you hell, one will give you heaven
Hit me like a man, love me like a woman
Love me like a woman
Love is strong, but I am evil
You are wrong, about me
Take your time, ah, play with me until
You can hear the children scream, like their stuck inside a dream
That you, ah, will
So hit me like a man, love me like a woman
Bury me alive, I can see it in your eyes, you want it
Some will give you pain, some will give you pleasure
Hit me like a man, love me like a woman
Love me like a woman
Don't you run away, run away from me, I will run away from you
Don't you run away, run away from me, I will run away from you
Hit me like a man, love me like a woman
From the devil deep inside, can't you see what I'm wanting?
Some will give you hell, some will give you heaven
So hit me like a man, love me like a woman
Love me like a woman
Love me like a woman
Love me like a woman, ow!
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Hit Me Like a Man Lyrics as written by Kato Khandwala Ben Phillips
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Taylor Momsen said in an interview with Perez Hilton that this song is about mixing pain and pleasure!
Ok, so in the beginning, when she says: "love is evil, it's a version of perversion that is only for the lucky people." I think she's saying that a lot of times people fall in love with a bad person, or someone that just uses you. Or sometimes people confuse love with obsession, so it becomes perverted. And it is very rare to find true love, and maintain it. Also, I think this song has a sort of masochistic tone (probably obvious, idk) with her saying, "do with me what you will.." and "you know I'm ill..." When she starts singing, "Hit me like a Man, Love me Like a women." I don't think she necessarily means literally hit her (again, probably obvious)...it's more of a jab to men who hit their girlfriends or wives..That they're not really men for doing what they do. And that only women (in general) understand what true loving is. It could also mean she likes it rough... And in this song, she is not playing the victim. She's provoking any guy who is willing to hit her, and saying it will give them hell. But if they love her correctly, she will give them heaven. The part where she says "Don't you run away from me.." is also saying that guys who abuse women usually run away and don't take responsibility for what they have done. And instead, it should be the abused person that "runs away" or leaves the relationship.
Bingo... adding to this "I am evil" sounds like a response to the man calling her evil. Being in that kind of relationship can convince yourself that you are (hence she ill and says that already) Next line she says " You were wrong about me" in response to the man calling her evil and she right she isn't evil. She giving him two options hit me like a man or love like a women. One will give him hell and One will give him heaven. If you notice verse 4 she says love me like a woman twice. Meaning the last "love me like a woman" is telling him to love her like a women. Thats what she wants :)
He can be calling her evil because she is telling him if you hit me like a man that will bring him hell? Doing things that would bring him hell will obviously make him mad. Could be many things but either way in a abusive relationship the abuser intends to make the person feel and think she/he is wronged one and or sometimes even deserve it (Depending on how long she/he been in that kind of relationship) Thats why they stay in that kind of relationship.
this is how i interpret the song:
"hit me like a man" surprise me and keep an element of mystery in the relationship like a man.
"love me like a woman" but be sensitive at times and touch me gently like a woman.
"some will give you pain, some will give you pleasure" and "some will give you hell, some will give you heaven" sometimes she likes it rough and sometimes more slow and gentle. You usually get either or, but she wants both from one relationship. it could also mean that the relationship has its ups and downs.
"it's a version of perversion that is only for the lucky people" I actually think this mean that you're lucky if you can understand the meaning of this song...oh, the irony.
"don't you run away from me, i will run away from you" she will end the realtionship before he does. This possibly presents the idea of gender role reversal, that she will love him like a man and he will love her like a woman.
I interpret this song in two ways. I think it could be about an abusive relationship, or just metaphors to describe something else. 1: In an abusive relationship, men hit women as if they are men but then they turn around and tell them that they love them like they should do to a women. She's singing this like she's the women being abused, and she's saying she doesn't mind, and letting him do this to her because she's "ill" (wrong in the head or mental issues?) Perhaps she thinks she deserves it (hence the 'love is strong, I am evil.') She has to choose between two men that she likes. One will give her a happy life (heaven) the other will give her hell (a bad, abusive life.) I think the third verse that starts with "love is strong, I am evil" is her trying to convince the non-abusive man that she is evil and he's wrong about her to think she's a good person. The other interpretation is exactly what lyricgenius31 believed.
The song is obviously about sex.It's about how she sometimes want her man to handle her roughly like a man and sometimes gently like a woman. Simple as that!
I think it's funny how much thought people are putting into this. I, personally, think it's pretty straightforward. She likes rough sex. The "I am evil" stuff, I think, is because a lot of people tend to frown upon violence in relationships, but some people actually do like it (in the bedroom, at least). And since she's one of those people (one of "the lucky people", if you will, hehe), she feels evil in society's eyes. "Hit me like a man, love me like a woman" means "I want you to be sweet, loving, and gentle...but, I'm not made of glass. So, don't treat me as a frail, fragile woman; hit me like a MAN."
so i think she could mean that she enjoys rough oand/orhot and passionate and super firey but also sensual and gentle.the protganosit wants to be have se the liek a man,(a man having sex with a woman liek a man) but loving her like she is a woman