Glass Ceiling Lyrics

Lyric discussion by _Lovedrug_ 

Cover art for Glass Ceiling lyrics by Metric

Yeah, the feminism thing works for me, but I think there's another meaning.

In the book/movies Charlie/Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, in one of the last scenes, Charlie and Willy are in the glass elevator, preparing to go straight through the ceiling, also made of glass. They're not sure that they'll make it, but they, indeed do. Sending shards of glass everywhere. They soar above the building, among the clouds, looking at the village below. To me this song is sort of the polar opposite, while the men blasted through, the women are left struggling, crawling while the men soar. The men are free to fly while the women are trapped.