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Hey Jane Lyrics
The polyester vest she wears at the arcade
On a break from tearing tickets,
Every minute spent on this old pinball machine
Saving up her money to pay her tuition
"Gto a little left over", she thinks
So she pits it in the machine
Cause she's got a high score to beat
Hey Jane, I got a little money
Wanna spend it on a night away?
We'll drive until tomorrow, drive a mile for all our sorrows
Hey Jane, I know you're hungry honey
But I promis you that things will change
Just don;t let your life's income determine your life's outcome
She had a good job that she traded for cocaine
Everyday became the same
And yesterdays were celebrated but forgotton so fast
Cause everyone around her surrounds her in excess
She's trying harder to convince herself
That all her better days are not in the past
And that this paycheck's gonna last
On a break from tearing tickets,
Every minute spent on this old pinball machine
"Gto a little left over", she thinks
So she pits it in the machine
Cause she's got a high score to beat
Wanna spend it on a night away?
We'll drive until tomorrow, drive a mile for all our sorrows
But I promis you that things will change
Just don;t let your life's income determine your life's outcome
Everyday became the same
And yesterdays were celebrated but forgotton so fast
She's trying harder to convince herself
That all her better days are not in the past
And that this paycheck's gonna last
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this song is awesome, probably my new favorite from this album.
it reminds me alot of the wallflowers, which is not like their other music at all.
Most definetly one of my favorite songs on their new album. It's softer than some of their songs.
Meaning is pretty clear, but....
Jane isn't very rich, she's saving most of her money to go to school. But with what little she has left over, she plays pinball.
I love the line "Just don't let your life's income determine your life's outcome". Really nice play of words.
My favourite lines: 'Hey Jane, I know you're hungry honey But I promis you that things will change'
One of the best Pink Spiders, second only to teenage graffiti.
This song is so beautiful. It makes me wanna cry half the time. It's pretty obvious that she addicted to cocaine. But it seems she's trying to quit but can't really seem to get out of the scene. She's starting to get on track with her job and school. Maybe I'm reading really deep into it, but I think it kinda seems like she's a bit of an outcast, looked down upon and stuff. But the guy still likes her and wants to help. Maybe to take her away from all of this.
I agree with GavanizedPeach, "Just don't let your life's income determine your life's outcome" is my favourite line.
I agree with GalvanizedPeach. I love this song. My favorite lines are either "We'll drive until tomorrow, drive a mile for all our sorrows" or "Just don't let your life's income determine your life's outcome". I've kind of liked Hot Pink better than Teenage Graffiti but this song makes me like the album a whole lot more.
i Love this song so much
it makes me cry eveytime i listen to it and its the perfect song for me to listen to when i'm sad
I love everything in this song
Hey Jane, I got a little money Wanna spend it on a night away? We'll drive until tomorrow, drive a mile for all our sorrows
Hey Jane, I know you're hungry honey But I promis you that things will change Just don;t let your life's income determine your life's outcome
I think this song is about a girl who starts off poor working her way through college. She enjoys the simple things, hence the pinball machine, and is headed in the right direction in life, going to school and such, but as the song goes on she loses herself. She may have been poor in the first half but life was good and she was happy, but when she gets a good job she starts getting into drugs and loses that good job. Now she's poor, into drugs and life sucks. Basically, as it says, don't let your income determine your life's outcome. Just because you have a crappy job and are poor, you can be happy with a good life. Same goes with the good job. Just cause you are making money, doesn't mean you won't have problems and life won't suck. No matter how much you make, you decide what you get out of life.
I feel really that this song is about a girl that is on the verge of being a woman in that she still plays pinball and works at the arcade, probably where she spent countless summers, etc. she is teetering on a thin line, a wire really of who she is, because she is partying and hanging out pretending life is just around the corner. She has dreams and she has hopes that come alive when she is high on cocaine and inevitably she comes down only to face the facts. she is depressed, poor and already living beyond her means because she wastes her whole paycheck on coke. She makes due by slipping into her familiar orange vest where here, she has a high score to beat. (its not out of reach) as is everything else in her life. she thought she'd be in her own place, she'd be more driven, motivated. She was, not too long ago. where yesterdays were celebrated....she needs the pull from cocaine even if she is losing her shit. She has a job, at least. Her paycheck sucks and shes actually hungry for food as well as dopamine. Nothing beats that surge of hope she gets from her fix on payday tho and all she can do is try to use that good feeling and ride it somewhere until tomorrow, a mile for all our sorrow, hey jane. I promise you that things will change....