Manhole Lyrics

Lyric discussion by pixidrizzl 

Cover art for Manhole lyrics by Ani DiFranco

This is total speculation and I'm practically pulling this out of my ass but I get the impression that her non-stop touring and her deep involvement with her work as a musician was a major problem within her marriage (among other things, I'm sure). I just get the feeling from various songs on this album and Educated Guess. Anyway, back to this song and my point.... It seems he cheated and she got blamed for it in a sense:

course you're the kind of guy who doesn't lie he just doctors everything who chooses some unassuming finger and quietly moves his wedding ring who rewrites his autobiography for any pretty girl who will sing but you can't fool the queen baby 'cause i married the king

it was i who betrayed his majesty with no opposite reality like a pond with no reflection of the sky, o'er the trees but after my dreaded beheading i tied that sucker back on with a string

Eh? We'll never know but it's interesting to speculate.

Ok, I know I'm supposed to write what it means to me but this is what I think of when I hear it.