You and me, we're cut from the same cloth
It seems to some, we famously get along
But you and me are strangers to each other
'Cause you and me, competitive to the bone

Such tragedy to trample on each other
With how much we've endured
With the state this land is in

You and me feel joined only by gender
We are not all for one and one for all

Sister blister, we fight to please the brothers
We think their acceptance is how we win
They're happy we're climbing over each other
To beg the club of boys to let us in

You and me estranged from the mother
You and me have felt impotent in our skin
You and me have taken it out on each other
You and me disloyal to the feminine

Such a pity to disavow each other with how far we've come
With how strong we've been

You and me are on this pendulum together
And you and me with scarcity still fueling

Sister blister we fight to please the brothers
We think their acceptance is how we win
They're happy we're climbing over each other
To beg the club of boys to let us in

We may not have priorities same
We may not even like each other
We may not be hugely anti-men
But such a cost to dishonor a sister

You and me have made it harder for the other
We forget how hard separatism has been
You and me, we can help change their minds together
You and me, in alignment until the end

Sister blister, we fight to please the brothers
We think their acceptance is how we win
They're happy we're climbing over each other
To beg the club of boys to let us in

Sister blister, we fight to please the brothers
We think their acceptance is how we win
They're happy we're climbing over each other
To beg the club of boys to let us in

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh


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    mlfm256, it's not just specifically talking about women fighting over men. It's a much more vast problem, like the fact that women degrade and demean each other to men to make themselves seem like "one of the boys". Like calling each other sluts or whores, while men are allowed to get away with the same behaviour or it doesn't even come up (like with how they dress). It's about the double-standards that exist between the sexes and how women use the same language against each other that men use to put us down.

    The entire song is how women can attack each other over things like men, jobs, looks, etc; it divides us when we need to be more united.

    It also says to me that we fight to be accepted by men and to get into their "boys' clubs" instead of wanting to do things on our own terms.

    gingerpillon September 03, 2009   Link

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