One: The orangeman is actually age, waiting at the bottom of the slide one last time to take her away from the playground and make her grow up, hence " and her little girl cheeks start to wrinkle
but her smile is wide and her legs are spread wider
her hair growing long and her hips getting larger", meaning she's growing up, perhaps too soon because " who left the playground
a good decade before the bell rang?".
Two: The song is about rape/sexual abuse, and the orangeman is a rapist who is tempting her with pennies at the bottom of a slide. The line "who left the playground a good decade before the bell rang" could mean that her innocence has been taken away by being raped.
This is one of the most haunting songs I've ever heard though, Amanda Palmer is a freaking genius
I think this song means one of two things:
One: The orangeman is actually age, waiting at the bottom of the slide one last time to take her away from the playground and make her grow up, hence " and her little girl cheeks start to wrinkle but her smile is wide and her legs are spread wider her hair growing long and her hips getting larger", meaning she's growing up, perhaps too soon because " who left the playground a good decade before the bell rang?".
Two: The song is about rape/sexual abuse, and the orangeman is a rapist who is tempting her with pennies at the bottom of a slide. The line "who left the playground a good decade before the bell rang" could mean that her innocence has been taken away by being raped.
This is one of the most haunting songs I've ever heard though, Amanda Palmer is a freaking genius