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Red Paper Bag Lyrics
So a red paper bag broke my heart today
no one knows that it came form your hands
the blood is still perched by the third letter form the right
The red paper bag has been tucked away
safe from supply and demand
but if I dare delight in its beauty I might just keep dying again and again
So the red paper bag tries to call to me
as I tear drowns an ant on the floor
I suppose it is worse to indulge in a curse than to fight
But I'm just abot dead from this tradgedy
or am I she says with a grin
I find out what its worth just by finding out how much it hurts
and the state I'm in.
I'll just pu the two corners together
My soul plays a grave for the night
as I bury my head in the pillows he says
Perhaps in another life.
no one knows that it came form your hands
the blood is still perched by the third letter form the right
The red paper bag has been tucked away
safe from supply and demand
but if I dare delight in its beauty I might just keep dying again and again
So the red paper bag tries to call to me
as I tear drowns an ant on the floor
I suppose it is worse to indulge in a curse than to fight
But I'm just abot dead from this tradgedy
or am I she says with a grin
I find out what its worth just by finding out how much it hurts
and the state I'm in.
I'll just pu the two corners together
My soul plays a grave for the night
as I bury my head in the pillows he says
Perhaps in another life.
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A song about wanting to get revenge after a breakup, I should think.
Perhaps the author is suggesting that the "red paper bag" "Safe from supply and demand" is equivalent to bottling (or bagging) her anger and upset. This interpretation is evidenced in the lines "I'm just about dead from this tragedy, or am I? She says with a grin?". A part of her that is not her normal self is wanting revenge for the hurt.
In the end she just wants to crawl into the warmth and perceived security of a blanket while she impotently weeps: "I'll just put the two corners together" (to fold a blanket over herself) "as I bury my head in the pillow" (another reference to the bed and not facing reality) and "perhaps in another life" (this line presents the suggestion that she can't face reality).
I recall from one of Sarah's blogs many years ago that instead of using ant baits she "asked the ants to leave her home" and this worked for her (as oddly enough, I've heard has worked for a few others). When she talks about drowning an ant with tears perhaps she is equating herself to something small and defenseless yet facing annihilation by the "red-paper bag", forces that compel her to find satisfaction in harming others.
I recall from one of Sarah's blogs many years ago that instead of using ant baits she "asked the ants to leave her home" and this worked for her (as oddly enough, I've heard has worked for a few others). When she talks about drowning an ant with tears perhaps she is equating herself to something small and defenseless yet facing annihilation by the "red-paper bag", forces that compel her to find satisfaction in harming others.
I also wanted to comment on a newfound revelation after envisioning the "red paper bag" to contain her own bloody heart after its removal from her chest (following a rebuking): My initial thought was that the "third letter from the right" is a reference to Arabic symbolism, however, that doesn't seem to pan out. My new thought is that it's the third "love letter" from the right of all those she's lain out to inspire her own sense of false hope - her broken heart is not bleeding quite yet because she's still hopeful.