The Police and the Private

this song is so amazing. To me emily haines is describing a not too distant future where no one trusts anyone and no one helps anyone but themselves..."when will you stop asking strangers, no one wants what we want". this to me means that theres no point asking anyone how to get out because no one will help you. I love when she sings "lord listen mother we are all losing love lord listen lover we are all missing momma". these lyrics are so freaking clever, and she sings them so beautifully. If im in the right mood this song can bring a tear to my eye and I know that sounds lame but its true so fuck off.

i kind of think its about trust like no one trusts anyone enough anymore to be able to fall in love sorta thing she says "keep one eye on the door" like, she's got to know how to get out of this relationship if something happens and the whole part about the doctor, the writer etc. is like you never know who anyone is these days because everyone is so afraid to show their true colors to anyone in case they get hurt well thats just my opinion... first time i heard it i thought it was about a prositute! haha but no thats what i think now..

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i think it's comparing every day life to espionage, how we all work to serve our own means to an end. there are some drug metaphors here but i think it's overall about the disconnection of everyone. paranoia and the frantic need to feel are so subtly present in this song. but the line that says the most, i think, is "got to get to you - the orphanage is closing in an hour" because she's obviously not referring to an actual orphan but using it as a metaphor for someone orphaned by love. "we're all missing love."

The lines refering to "...when they close the gates I'll cry..." and the orphanage could also be taken more literally in that a prostitute had a child and couldn't raise them on the street, so sent them to the local orphanage, yet still loves and visits the child. Other than that, drugs, prostitution, making money any way you can on the streets.

Woah, slow down there cowboy. I think it's acctually about selling drugs, she's in the subway, looking for somewhere or someone, and she talks about never knowing who you're working for. By this she means that there is alot of drug users, so police, some privates, some pirates (I don't know how many pirates take drugs...) like when she says... "keep one eye on the bag" maybe because she dosn't want her drugs discovered

"The whole world wants what we're on" that one is kind of obvious...

"My friend is coming clean, she told me" her friend is kicking the habit...

alright, that's what I think, sounds abour right to me, of course, everbody thinks thier's is the right one.

Woah, slow down there cowboy. I think it's acctually about selling drugs, she's in the subway, looking for somewhere or someone, and she talks about never knowing who you're working for. By this she means that there is alot of drug users, so police, some privates, some pirates (I don't know how many pirates take drugs...) like when she says... "keep one eye on the bag" maybe because she dosn't want her drugs discovered

"The whole world wants what we're on" that one is kind of obvious...

"My friend is coming clean, she told me" her friend is kicking the habit...

alright, that's what I think, sounds abour right to me, of course, everbody thinks thier's is the right one.

well whatecer it is....im sure its about living in paranoid times...the drug thing would make sense but i just interpreted it as that it is begining to affect everyone

well whatecer it is....im sure its about living in paranoid times...the drug thing would make sense but i just interpreted it as that it is begining to affect everyone

well whatecer it is....im sure its about living in paranoid times...the drug thing would make sense but i just interpreted it as that it is begining to affect everyone