"Me-Jane" as written by and Polly Jean Harvey....
Damn your chest-beating just you stop your screaming
Splitting through my head and swinging from the ceiling
Move it over Tarzan can't you see I'm bleeding
I've called you by your first name good lord it's me-Jane
I'm calling split head
I'm moving me-Jane me-Jane
Damn your chest-beating just you stop your screaming
All the time you're hunting swimming fishing breathing
Don't you ever stop and give me time to breathe in
I've called you by your first name good Lord it's me-Jane
I'm running split head
And I'm moving me-Jane
And I'm trying to make sense
You're screaming
Don't ruin it on me
Don't ruin it on me
Don't ruin it all on me
Tarzan I'm pleading stop your fucking screaming
You've got me many walls around him don't you see it
Oh move it over Tarzan can't you see I'm bleeding
Good Lord you never stop
Don't ruin it on me
Don't ruin it on me
Don't ruin it on me
Don't ruin it on me
Don't ruin it on me
Don't ruin it on me-Jane
Don't ruin it on me-Jane
Don't ruin it on me-Jane
Splitting through my head and swinging from the ceiling
Move it over Tarzan can't you see I'm bleeding
I've called you by your first name good lord it's me-Jane
I'm calling split head
I'm moving me-Jane me-Jane
Damn your chest-beating just you stop your screaming
All the time you're hunting swimming fishing breathing
Don't you ever stop and give me time to breathe in
I've called you by your first name good Lord it's me-Jane
I'm running split head
And I'm moving me-Jane
And I'm trying to make sense
You're screaming
Don't ruin it on me
Don't ruin it on me
Don't ruin it all on me
Tarzan I'm pleading stop your fucking screaming
You've got me many walls around him don't you see it
Oh move it over Tarzan can't you see I'm bleeding
Good Lord you never stop
Don't ruin it on me
Don't ruin it on me
Don't ruin it on me
Don't ruin it on me
Don't ruin it on me
Don't ruin it on me-Jane
Don't ruin it on me-Jane
Don't ruin it on me-Jane
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"Me-Jane" as written by Polly Jean Harvey
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like suitboy said, tarzan and jane are metaphors. the man is the stanley kowalski-esque brute, and the narrator is the receiver of the abuse. the split head part could have a double meaning; her head could be physically split open, or she could be losing her mind.
she calls him by his first name, which shows that she's trying to calm him with civilization. i suppose that this idea goes with the gender-stereotype (found often in romantic lit.) that women try to hold back their men and civilize them.
Seems like he wants to do it all the time: "Don't you ever stop and give me time to breathe in?", "Good lord you never stop!"
And the song ends with Jane saying to Tarzan for not loading it on her...
DAMN YOUR CHEST-BEATING, JUST YOU STOP YOUR SCREAMING
YOUR SPLITTING THROUGH MY HEAD AND SWINGING FROM THE CEILING
OH MOVE IT OVER TARZAN, CAN'T YOU SEE I'M BLEEDING
I'VE CALLED YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME, GOOD LORD IT'S
ME-JANE
I'M RUNNING
SPLIT HEAD, IM REELING
ME-JANE, ME-JANE
DAMN YOUR CHEST-BEATING JUST YOU STOP YOUR SCREAMING
ALL THE TIME HE HUNTING, SWIMMING, FISHING, BREEDING
DON'T YOU EVER STOP AND GIVE ME TIME TO BREATHE-IN
I'VE CALLED YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME, GOOD LORD IT'S
ME-JANE
I'M RUNNING
SPLIT HEAD, IM REELING
ME-JANE, I'M TRYING
TO MAKE SENSE YOU'RE SCREAMING
DON'T LORD IT ON ME
DON'T LORD IT ON ME
DON'T LORD IT OVER ME
TARZAN I'M PLEADING, STOP YOUR FUCKING SCREAMING
YOU'VE GOT ME NAILING WALLS, IM HANGING FROM THE CEILING
OH MOVE IT OVER TARZAN CAN'T YOU SEE I'M BLEEDING
GOOD LORD YOU NEVER STOP
DON'T LORD IT ON ME
GOOD LORD ITS ON ME