Wow I was listening to this song today and all of a sudden it just clicked. . . to me the song means being addicted to drugs (E=ecstacy) and maybe prostitution. Basically the woman is being lured into that world with drugs by a man with charm and an ease about him, so it siphons her. "Need a lip gloss boost in your America". . . basically that she needs to keep up with looking in her world of prostitution, which is basically the america that she lives in. Then after doing all of these things, she realizes that she's slowly wasting away and she can't get out of it, so she "does one more" ecstacy to take her mind off of it. Screaming in cathedrals. . . begging for help wherever she can get it, even at the church, a holy place. And she's basically sacrificing herself and all of her dreams because she's addicted. Sorry if this post didn't make much sense, but it just struck me and I HAD to post it.
I couldn't agree more - that's what clicked with me as well. The Es I think definitely stand for Ecstacy and the "Lip Gloss boost", "Is it God's, is it your's, sweet saliva" - I basically picture a crackwhore giving a blowjob, she needs to reapply her make-up "In your America" because this whole country is governed by men and the Church. I definitely think this song is about misogyny in religion and how America is run by men who gather their values from the Bible which places women at the bottom of their hierarchy. I think...
I couldn't agree more - that's what clicked with me as well. The Es I think definitely stand for Ecstacy and the "Lip Gloss boost", "Is it God's, is it your's, sweet saliva" - I basically picture a crackwhore giving a blowjob, she needs to reapply her make-up "In your America" because this whole country is governed by men and the Church. I definitely think this song is about misogyny in religion and how America is run by men who gather their values from the Bible which places women at the bottom of their hierarchy. I think the line "WE SCREAM IN CATHEDRALS" is loaded with meaning because according to the Bible, women are never allowed to speak up in a church.
Wow I was listening to this song today and all of a sudden it just clicked. . . to me the song means being addicted to drugs (E=ecstacy) and maybe prostitution. Basically the woman is being lured into that world with drugs by a man with charm and an ease about him, so it siphons her. "Need a lip gloss boost in your America". . . basically that she needs to keep up with looking in her world of prostitution, which is basically the america that she lives in. Then after doing all of these things, she realizes that she's slowly wasting away and she can't get out of it, so she "does one more" ecstacy to take her mind off of it. Screaming in cathedrals. . . begging for help wherever she can get it, even at the church, a holy place. And she's basically sacrificing herself and all of her dreams because she's addicted. Sorry if this post didn't make much sense, but it just struck me and I HAD to post it.
I couldn't agree more - that's what clicked with me as well. The Es I think definitely stand for Ecstacy and the "Lip Gloss boost", "Is it God's, is it your's, sweet saliva" - I basically picture a crackwhore giving a blowjob, she needs to reapply her make-up "In your America" because this whole country is governed by men and the Church. I definitely think this song is about misogyny in religion and how America is run by men who gather their values from the Bible which places women at the bottom of their hierarchy. I think...
I couldn't agree more - that's what clicked with me as well. The Es I think definitely stand for Ecstacy and the "Lip Gloss boost", "Is it God's, is it your's, sweet saliva" - I basically picture a crackwhore giving a blowjob, she needs to reapply her make-up "In your America" because this whole country is governed by men and the Church. I definitely think this song is about misogyny in religion and how America is run by men who gather their values from the Bible which places women at the bottom of their hierarchy. I think the line "WE SCREAM IN CATHEDRALS" is loaded with meaning because according to the Bible, women are never allowed to speak up in a church.