Not A Virgin

i like being scared. anyway, i think this song means that poe's no longer a virgin

also, nicoleinwonderland, if you think the album is scary, have you read the interrelated 'house of leaves'?

Part of why this song is fun is that it is deliberately over the top. "If you want to play dirty I'm gonna win" is at the heart of it ... it's more of a bragging/challenging thing than anything else.

This is actually based on a message Poe left on her moms answering machine once saying "It happened fast, not like i thought it would be, it didnt take very long for him to make a criminal of me, mom...I'm not a virgin anymore!" or something, lol cant remember it exactly. But i think it heard it on a radio show interview or something.

This is a great song. It makes me feel totally empowered. Poe is challenging the stereotype of the innocent female, and she does it so well! Girls can have fun, too. Also, to NicoleInWonderland's comment, there are a lot of vocal recordings of Poe's father on the album. If you read the inside cover of the album, she explains that she found these tapes of her father's lectures and things after he died. That is where the name "Haunted" comes from. Anyway, great song, great album.

I've always seen it as more about having control over a guy/relationship in general than plain out sex. She sees through the bullshit. You can't trick her with the lies anymore because she has been there quite a few times and already knows how most people put up a front to get what they want. Saying she's not a "virgin" is to say that when you're naive, you can get tricked into a lot of things because you're inexperienced. She's saying if you're going to try playing any games with her, it's going to be like playing with fire because she's not a "virgin" anymore and knows the shit some people make up to emotionally and physically screw with a person.

This song is hilarious! Obvously shes telling an ex boyfriend or someone she is getting back together with that shes been fucked now.

That would make sence since the whole album seems to be filld with answering machine crap.

I think the song it's self is a double standard. She isn't a Virgin by the means of sexuality. But this of the life the Poe lead...she is not innocent the the Cuelities of life. I think that once her eyes have been opened that innocence, and sexuality...she realizes that she isn't a virgin.

Yeah... I don't see why some people try to find so many hidden meanings. This song is clearly straight in your face, it's about getting jiggy with it.