(Going, Going, Gone)
Still hooked on cellophane, hangin' round the mall and all.
Each penny numbs the pain, sends you gently for the fall
I followed you last night,
I saw you turn your lights out
I knew it wasnt right,
I watched in fear and doubt

It's gotten to be that way
(Going, Going, Gone)
What did you do today?
(Going, Going, Gone)

Look good in that red dress,
I bet the boyfriend's happy
Your face is scarred with age,
You're 23, but how can that be?
You're still hooked on cellophane, killing time with gin and lime
Each second numbs the pain, love's just another rhyme.
It's gotten to be that way
(Going, Going, Gone)
I'm scared but I'm okay
(Going, Going, Gone)
There's nowhere to move on
There's nowhere to move on

All I see, yeah yeah
All I see
All I see, yeah yeah
All I see
All I see, yeah yeah
All I see is me everywhere
It's me doo doo doo doo doo
doo doo


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    I had only heard the Set Yourself on Fire album until I heard them live...this was one of my favourite of their live songs...so beautiful. Anyways.

    I believe the first verse can be interpreted quite literally: as a girl who’s blinding herself to a harsh reality by feeding a materialistic urge in a repression. It could quite possibly be with her (ex?) boyfriend’s money, unknowing to him as a sort of revenge (sends you gently for the fall). The ‘cellophane’ refers to a conscious mask that is distorting the reality...that she’s become addicted to seeing her situation in a more favourable light than it actually is. Her compulsive shopping is nourishing her broken heart.

    The chorus is most likely about his infidelity, as has been stated. Unsure as to whether they're actually still together.

    Again with the cellophane at the end of the second verse, only it shows that the boyfriend has reverted to other methods of repressing his emotions, while also seeing a distorted reality created to be more pleasing to the eye. Enter alcohol! (You're still hooked on cellophane, killing time with gin and lime) He’s been broken and although there’s a good chance he cheated, he doesn’t believe in love (anymore?), and likely nor that he’s even capable of a thing.

    There's a bit of my take on the song's meaning. I love Stars, they're so fabulous.

    kikaiyashinon March 22, 2006   Link

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