Dry

a poetic way of saying he doesn't turn her on...

Personally I think the song is about giving head.

It about the worst thing a woman could say to a lover. She trying and trying, but shes not getting turned on.

A brilliant inversion of rock'n'rolls usual assumption of male priapism and powers of seduction. A song to cuckhold any man, and, specifically, any of the legions of rock sex gods before Polly. A song that always reminds me of the impact her early severe image, and songs, had when she first started getting press coverage.

This song is both devastating and very funny!

Never thought about it being about head before until I read spit_fire's comment. Giving head and not getting the favor back? But that would leave her wet...Regardless, her snatch ain't happy.

is almost literal, hes hanging his penis all around in front of her face for a blowjob, he is very confident about his sex appeal - no hair out of place - she however is dry in many ways, literally, not turned on - dry vagina - and poetically, she would even use a cup of water to wet her mouth coz shes sucking until she get white, but she is still not enjoying, not turned on. Rid Of Me has many references to masculinity, the phallus and how agressive is the sexuality of men, shes pratically a gigantic monster against them. Man-Size is all about the bigger your dick the more viril you are. No wonder polly became very feminine after this album, which sounds like her breaking up with her tomboy complexities and men here are quite ridicularized.

i agree. i think she said in an interview somewhere she thought it was funny singing about dry fannies...dunno if that applies here lol

It about the worst thing a woman could say to a lover. She trying and trying, but shes not getting turned on.

I think it's: "You're caught up in my hair."