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I Think I'm A Mother Lyrics
You think you'll come over
I'll give you my number
You lover, supporter
Then give me a mother
You come take me home and
Take me to your doctor
You think you'll come over?
I think I'm a mother
Roll over, roll over
And roll me a man-a
You lover, my lover
You just roll me over
You give me a mother
A man if I love her
I love her, I'll keep her
I better just keep her
Come on and support her
I said to the mother
She said you come over
She said she'd supporter her
I love her, I kept her
And then she just left and
Alone, I implore ya
I think I'm a mother
Need a mother
More than ever
Need a mother
Ah... Ah...
"I know a lot of people are going to think it's about abortion, or wanting to be a mother or something like that, but it really is none of those things. It's more just me wanting some kind of protection and care, then wanting to offset something else that's unsettling." /PJ Harvey/
No, I don't think there was any child birth involved. I think she is comparing herself to a mother. But I haven't figured anything else out, yet.
to me, she's saying that she adores somebody, but she feels like she's their mother? ''you think i'll come over'' who knows.
You know, that makes much more sense to me than any child/baby theory that I've heard and, combined with the quote* from Polly that megique added, I think that this song is about wanting protection/security and not getting it from her lover. She doesn't want to be their mother. She still needs mothering herself.
You know, that makes much more sense to me than any child/baby theory that I've heard and, combined with the quote* from Polly that megique added, I think that this song is about wanting protection/security and not getting it from her lover. She doesn't want to be their mother. She still needs mothering herself.
*I couldn't find a source for that quote... doesn't mean it's not real but all I could turn up was that it might be from an article in Alternative Press from June 1995.
*I couldn't find a source for that quote... doesn't mean it's not real but all I could turn up was that it might be from an article in Alternative Press from June 1995.
imo it's about woman who is pregnanted. she is singing about herself in two ways: normal woman and woman as mother. and she says that it was the man who "gave" her this second woman. she owns this second woman (woman-mother).
first, she is a little bit sceptical about her man and she thinks that he only loves this second woman, not the first - real one. then she considers keeping this woman-mother or not (keep the child or not). finally she decides to keep it because of this man. in the end the mother leaves (it may be miscarriage but it's not important) and she is left alone with the man. i don't know if he leaves her because of the fact she lost the child or he stays with her, but she still adores him and the fact is she wants to keep him with her.
my interpretation is a little bit complex and i hope you understand at least the main sense of it :P also i don't think it's correct, but i understand it this way and i like this version.
I think this interpretation it great! it makes the lyrics make much more sense. It's so beautiful, the way that she conveys alternate senses of identity. It sounds more like she wants to be with this man, but he isn't giving her quite the same vibe (whether commitment wise or giving enough attention, idk), and it feels as though this idea of becoming pregnant is growing on her, even though she's not quite sure if she even wants a baby, because he might stay or be more into her or whatever. In the first verse, it sounds like she isn't...
I think this interpretation it great! it makes the lyrics make much more sense. It's so beautiful, the way that she conveys alternate senses of identity. It sounds more like she wants to be with this man, but he isn't giving her quite the same vibe (whether commitment wise or giving enough attention, idk), and it feels as though this idea of becoming pregnant is growing on her, even though she's not quite sure if she even wants a baby, because he might stay or be more into her or whatever. In the first verse, it sounds like she isn't yet a mother (the lyrics I post in this comment are what I personally hear when I listen to the song):
You think you'll come over? I gave you my number You lover, supporter, then give me a mother <she's asking him to make her a mother, or to "give" her this identity of being a mother. You come take me home and Take me to your doctor (<reiterating her suggestion, like hey boy lets try for a baby and go to the dr to see if it worked.) You think you'll come over?
I think I'm a mother. (<they must've succeeded real quickly, or maybe she's just like super digging the mom idea)
Alternatively, she could be feeling motherly for having to pester him to do things, like to come over (especially if she is asking him twice in the first verse). If that’s the case, she could already be pregnant. The line "I gave you my number" (if that's what it is, I really feel it, man) conveys a sense of anticipation or even desperation, to either situation.
All the rolling in the second verse could either be the baby makin', orrr it could be that he's still not giving her quite the attention she desires. The rest of the verse I always thought she was talking about keeping the baby, which she is, but indirectly. I think she's actually addressing her acceptance of this new side of her, the mother.
You give me a mother A man if I love her (<this might mean she gets to keep her man if she accepts the mother identity within her) I lover her, I'll keep her, (<yeah, totally into mom idea) I better just keep her
the next verse seems to have to do with having the child, I don't think it was miscarried. I think she had the baby and realizes that she doesn't really know what to do, and needs the mother to care for it (who is herself, so she's no help!) It could also be about Postpartum depression, you know, where the mother gets really depressed after the child is born. If that where the case, then the mother identity would totally disappear, explaining why the mother left her. She could also be depressed because her attempt at getting her man by mothering his child isn't working. Anyway, she's real desperate and although being a mother wasn't what she thought it was going to be, she's stuck with the child and still holding onto the idea of being a mother to save her relationship.
Come on and support her, I said to the mother (<she's having problems caring for the child) She said you'd come over (<she thought her man would be around more. Lies!) She said she'd support her (<more lies, poor gal) I love her, I kept her (<mother/baby, whatever, she had the child.) And then she just left and (<the mother) Alone, I Implore ya (<here, she could be talking to the guy, trying to keep him around, but she could also be talking to the mother, asking her to come back so that she can be a good mother to this dude’s child and he’ll stay. The goal is the same)
I think I'm a mother
Need you, mother More than ever Need you, mother Uh, Uh. Uh, -
I’m pretty sure that’s what she’s saying at the end, that’s what I hear (as I've said in my two comments that I can't figure out how to delete) obviously, she needs the mother to return. Sorry so long and so everywhere!
I think at the end she's saying, "Need you mother, more than ever"
This is about some sort of pregnancy or giving birth i cant decide
this song and lyrics remind me of Captain Beefhearts "Dropout Boogie"...phoneticly.
Probably is loosely inspired by the Cap'n's song. PJ is a huge fan of his, his influence pops up repeatedly in her songs. They're friends as well, PJ calling him up when she needs career advice and whatnot.
I think PJ is one of the girls that Captain invited to "lick his decals off"..."I’m playing this music so the young girls will come out to meet the monster tonight! lolxD
i think she adores a man who made her pregnant.