I think the first verse (5am friday morning...) is after the rape. She's driving around, because she's afraid they will follow her home, even though they've probably gone elsewhere.
The chorus is explained in the quote Amelie posted.(Singing the hymns.)
You can laugh
Its kind of funny
Things you think
Times like these
Like I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this
-I think this refers to the bizarre things your mind thinks about in moments of crisis. For instance, that wanting to go to Barbados is a good reason to fight to survive her attack.
Yes I wore a slinky red thing
Does that mean I should spread for you, your friends
Your father, Mr Ed
-This is her anger at his belief that he had the right to rape her because she dressed provocatively. I'm not sure if she's calling his father Mr. Ed (as an insult) or if she's saying that should she spread for anyone, even Mr. Ed?
And I know what this means
Me and Jesus a few years back used to hang
And he said "it's your choice babe just remember
I don't hink you'll be back in 3 days time so you choose well"
Tell me whats right
Is it my right to be on my stomach of Fred's Seville
-I've though about this verse for years. I think she's saying that at some point she contemplated suicide. That she prayed, and Jesus "responded" that unlike his resurrection, she won't be back in 3 days, so choose well. She doesn't know what choice to make. Should she kill herself now? She's questioning how it can be right that's she's been raped.
-She may also be questioning why she wasn't killed when so many others are. I know what this means, could also mean that she's aware that she may die during the rape, and she knows what it means, because she contemplated death earlier when she was suicidal.
and do you know CAROLINA
Where the biscuits are soft and sweet
These things go through your head when there's a man on your back
And you're pushed flat on your stomach it's not a classic caddilac
-Again, the strange things that run through your mind in this type of situation. The fact that BARBADOS and CAROLINA are capatalized, i think mean that she's trying to focus on these places and block out what's really going on.
I think the first verse (5am friday morning...) is after the rape. She's driving around, because she's afraid they will follow her home, even though they've probably gone elsewhere.
The chorus is explained in the quote Amelie posted.(Singing the hymns.)
You can laugh Its kind of funny Things you think Times like these Like I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this -I think this refers to the bizarre things your mind thinks about in moments of crisis. For instance, that wanting to go to Barbados is a good reason to fight to survive her attack.
Yes I wore a slinky red thing Does that mean I should spread for you, your friends Your father, Mr Ed -This is her anger at his belief that he had the right to rape her because she dressed provocatively. I'm not sure if she's calling his father Mr. Ed (as an insult) or if she's saying that should she spread for anyone, even Mr. Ed?
And I know what this means Me and Jesus a few years back used to hang And he said "it's your choice babe just remember I don't hink you'll be back in 3 days time so you choose well" Tell me whats right Is it my right to be on my stomach of Fred's Seville -I've though about this verse for years. I think she's saying that at some point she contemplated suicide. That she prayed, and Jesus "responded" that unlike his resurrection, she won't be back in 3 days, so choose well. She doesn't know what choice to make. Should she kill herself now? She's questioning how it can be right that's she's been raped. -She may also be questioning why she wasn't killed when so many others are. I know what this means, could also mean that she's aware that she may die during the rape, and she knows what it means, because she contemplated death earlier when she was suicidal.
and do you know CAROLINA Where the biscuits are soft and sweet These things go through your head when there's a man on your back And you're pushed flat on your stomach it's not a classic caddilac -Again, the strange things that run through your mind in this type of situation. The fact that BARBADOS and CAROLINA are capatalized, i think mean that she's trying to focus on these places and block out what's really going on.