| The Jezabels – Mace Spray Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This is just my interpretation of the song: The first verse is hard to understand. It seems to be talking about too different things, a statue and archways. But she could be going there to meet someone who never shows up, but she never stops going because she wants to believe that maybe one day they will come, that’s why it becomes a place where she goes to weep. I interoperate the next verse of the song to be about a prostitute (or maybe more of a burlesque dancer), although it says ‘show girl’ the use of the word ‘hoe’ seems to disagree with the showgirl term. Her anger is the reason she’s doing it and it becomes a way to let go of everything. The chorus is difficult. “But she loves me. More than anyone who wouldn't lay a hand.” I’m not sure what this means. The last part of the chorus is saying she doesn’t trust people in society so she feels she must carry ‘mace spray’ in order to protect herself from these people. The next three verses are confusing, I don’t really understand what it’s trying to say. Holly, most probably the other girl talked about throughout the song, I don’t know what 'the great blistering blue’ is suppose to be. ‘A strange formation came down from the ceiling’ is referring to something that she doesn’t know. The shattering of the glass could refer to the breakdown of a relationship. If you look at the song as if she has a mental issue it actually makes a little more sense. |
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