| Ani DiFranco – Fire Door Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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i agree with rumproller, to an extent. this is just my point of view, but i'm thinking that Ani did indeed do this song literally. i believe that this song is mostly Ani reflecting on her relationship with someone. she walks out and sees people kissing, and that triggers memories for her. but i don't think she's walking in on her lover kissing somebody else; i think she's just seeing two random people making out. they're outside of a fire door, which has an alarm that goes off when you open it. so they're not supposed to be there. that implies that this is a secretive thing, which leads me to suspect a lesbian relationship. y'know, most people don't accept those of us who are gay, so we tend to hide our relationships. so fire door = secret relationship. the cockroach line makes me laugh every single time, because you have this beautiful song, great lyrics, and then you're smashing a bug and it's left a puddle of ooze on the wall. what the...!! i love it. then the line about concluding the confrontations. i take this one to mean that she prefers just forgetting a fight rather than dwelling on it. y'know, kiss and make up style. then Ani sort of pulls herself out of her reverie and looks back at the couple kissing outside, and continues on her way. |
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