| Fiona Apple – The Way Things Are Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| A relationship has ended and not on the best of terms. The song is like an answer to the boy who is saying bad things about her. Instead of arguing with him or retaliating, she lies back and takes the blame, but perhaps in a sarcastic way. It is more infuriating for him than any other answer she could give. It's like, go on, keep saying things, you can't hurt me - if anything you'll do me good, because I was already such a mess and so hurt anyway... before I met you. You make no difference. | |
| Saves the Day – Seeing It This Way Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| Yeh this song is perfect for that kind of situation its really moving | |
| Fiona Apple – The Child Is Gone Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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I feel this song is laced with a kind of sarcasm. 'I ran my hand over a strange inversion' - a reference to anorexia? 'The child is gone' - for some reason this makes me wonder about fiona's relationship with her parents Its interesting that spanky03 thought of a miscarriage as that never entered my head (d'oh!) but the idea changes my view slightly |
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| Fiona Apple – Pale September Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| This man has no passion or intensity. Is fiona afraid of these things because of past experience? Interestingly I read an article that referred to this song in the context of self-harm, although I cant see that clearly in the lyrics myself. | |
| Fiona Apple – Never Is a Promise Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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I agree with isobel. Although I'm not sure if fiona ever found the person 'amazing'. I think she always knew deep down that the person was 'fake'. The person will never feel or see the things of have the courage fiona has because the person is shallow and not open to the feelings, problems or deepness of others. This song reminds me of a type of person who at first seems nice so you become their friend and allow them into your life and let yourself care for them but then gradually begin to realise more and more that they are manipulating and using - but not very clever. I think isobel is right in saying fiona realises the whole relationship is a lie and she doesn't need that in her life anymore so she ditches the 'friend' and realises that its a good job she never gave too much of herself away to the friend (what I am now to smart to mention to you). |
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| Fiona Apple – The First Taste Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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'Waiting for the black to replace my blue' - a reference to dreamless sleep ('I dont go to sleep to dream' - see her other songs) replacing her oblivion ('the blue of my oblivion' - see under the waves)??? 'daddy longlegs' - an older man? 'your hungry flirt borders intrusion' - paranoia a consequence of past bad experiences ie. rape? |
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| Fiona Apple – Slow Like Honey Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| Could it be that the 'secret' is that fiona is just playing with this boy - and he's well and truly fooled? ('dreams can be decieving like faces are to hearts') Its a game 'fantasy and reality lie too far apart'. | |
| Fiona Apple – Sleep to Dream Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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I wonder if 'I dont go to sleep to dream' is a roundabout reference to insomnia? And has anyone considered the possibility that this might not be about a boyfriend? Could be a relative or friend? |
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| Fiona Apple – Sullen Girl Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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The 'took my pearl' is an obvious reference to the rape that took place when fiona was 12 - I assume is was during this that she lost her virginity. I believe the song is not directly about this however, but about the instabilities and paranoias she now suffers as a consequence of it. Perhaps, like myself, she hates to be alone/doesn't enjoy her own company and therefore hates those days when your stuck on your own because all your friends are busy/at work/whatever ('days like this I don't know what to do with myself' - perhaps she did find something to do with herself, I heard she used to self-harm... and was anorexic - 'I need fuel'/'empty shell of me') I think the line 'there's too much going on' may mean that when alone she thinks too much, there is too much going on in her head so she puts herself into an 'oblivion' (there are many ways in which a person can put themselves into an oblivion in order to avoid thinking. Fiona's is a deep blue one. Could this refer to drug or extreme alcohol use? Or the calming/safe sensation felt after starvation and self-harm?) |
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| Fiona Apple – Criminal Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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I do not believe that the man in this song is someone fiona truly 'loves'. She says he is 'all I ever knew of love' which would imply some kind of artificial or distorted love (could this imply abuse - like in the video?). The man could be 'delicate' because he is mentally fragile or broken (isn't this a common trait amongst paedophiles?) I believe the line ' I've got to cleanse myself of all these lies till I'm good enough for him' is almost sarcastic, like taking the piss out of the feelings of guilt/shame that she feels. Even though the rational part of her knows that it was not her fault ('what would an angel say?') she still cannot help feeling sinful. She wants help ('guidance to be true') but knows that those who would help her would tell her it wasn't her fault, and she cant help blaming herself, and so she cannot accept this help ('oh help me but dont tell me to deny it'). She is confused ('before it ends just tell me where to begin'). |
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| Fiona Apple – Carrion Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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I believe this song is about feeling trapped in a relationship where whatever love there used to be has long dissapeared. It would seem as though fiona no longer has feelings for the boy (my feel for you boy, is decaying in front of me) and has left him without feeling any love or regret or pain, just indifference (I've gone away) - no part of her remains with him. I was trapped in a relationship for years with a man I did not love then eventually when I left he tried to get me back, but he couldn't effect me at all any more, because although the relationship officially ended that day, I had been 'gone away' in spirit for a long time. |
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