He won't make love to me now
Not now, I've set the fee
He said it's too much in pounds
I guess I'm stuck with me
He told me I was so small
I told him, "Water me"
I promise I can grow tall
When making love is free
He won't make love to me now
Not now, I've set the fee
He said it's too much in pounds
I guess I'm stuck with me
He told me I was so small
I told him, water me
Not now, I've set the fee
He said it's too much in pounds
I guess I'm stuck with me
He told me I was so small
I told him, "Water me"
I promise I can grow tall
When making love is free
He won't make love to me now
Not now, I've set the fee
He said it's too much in pounds
I guess I'm stuck with me
He told me I was so small
I told him, water me
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Water Me Lyrics as written by Tahliah Barnett Alejandro Ghersi
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Also, maybe this is just me, but I'm reading the "it's too much in pounds," couple with the previous line, as an allusion to Shakespear's "a pound of flesh," which has more to do with obligation than pure monetary "pounds." In this case, it reads as if the subject of the song feels that a more serious relationship equates to an onerous responsibility. Our narrator, twigs, seems to argue that when "making love is free" slash a more serious relationship comes willingly and truthfully, it is nourishing and inspires growth.
I guess?
The person speaking (she) wants more from their sexual relationship and so she sets her "fee" which is demanding something more than sexual relationship or it's their current relationship is over. He then tells her that that's too much weight on their current relationship (she uses "pounds" as a simile for heavy thing she's asking from him). "I guess I'm stuck with me" seems to be could be either a thought but more so something she says to him in retort which causes him to defensively calls her "small" (small minded, pity). And so, her comeback to him is "Water me. I promise I can grow tall. When making love is free". Mean if he nourishing her/their relationship she'll grow more mentally and emotionally and that she won't have to play these games if he just accepts her wager - by watering her and then their loving/sex won't have a mental/emotional fee for her/him because it will be free.
IDK Those are just my thoughts when I hear it.
All of these aspects are my personal interpretations, but one's for sure:
This is a really beautiful way to suffer.
"He won't make love to me now
Not now, I've set the fee
He said it's too much in pounds
I guess I'm stuck with me"
--He doesn't think she's worth the effort of having a relationship with her, even if she's willing to have a sexual relationship.
"He told me I was so small
I told him "Water me
I promise I can grow tall
When making love is free"
--He told her she wasn't important to him (when something is small to you, it's insignificant to you) so she says "give me what I need from this relationship, and I promise I can turn into the person you want me to be."
The guy wants an easy relationship, one that doesn't require much from him, one that is easily gratifying for him, and he's not willing to put in the effort for the girl. She seems like she doesn't have that self validation of being good enough, so she seeks it from him, and he only makes her feel even less important than she already does.
Interesting lyrics and sick tune!
Most fans don't like this theory though I think. It's a sad topic and they would rather like to endulge in something they can indentify with etc
Most fans don't like this theory though I think. It's a sad topic and they would rather like to endulge in something they can indentify with etc