| Aimee Mann – Pavlov's Bell Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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after watching the video, i figured this song was about a mistress: the clock progressing backward made me think she wasn't able to wait for someone to come home but instead had to wait for someone to leave. she slips into an old pair of runners, perhaps belonging to her lover's wife--these little oddities of moved shoes and someone else around the house are soon noticed ("that's how i nearly fell/trading clothes.../not a chance in hell"). moreover, i think aimee repetitively tempts this man by "ringing pavlov's bell"--omnipresence in his house, sleeping in his bed while his wife is away, wearing her clothes. the secrecy and risk arouses him but gets to her; playing his wife causes her to envy the other woman. |
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| Rilo Kiley – The Good That Won't Come Out Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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i always read (at least part of) this song literally: "i do this thing where i think i'm real sick but i won't go to the doctor to find out about it" hypochondria. she finds herself so stressed about trivial and often imaginary things and when confronted with them she stands there blankly, staring at the "disappearing ground". the fact is she isn't actually sick--they're just "stupid lies i hide behind". "you say i choose sadness, that it never once has chosen me maybe you're right." everyone's aware it's all in her head--she knows it too--but she can't help going back to the same old thoughts and obsessions, the "dancing around in your old suits" and the not going to the doctor. everyone's fed up with this and is left staring at the disappearing ground. blathering aside, i do think this is about a relationship, but everyone takes home something different. |
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