what this song means to me...well, yes, the narrator's heart has been broken, but i think it is all because she has been led on by this "angel." to me, sexually used because she's an "elephant woman"(ugly girl) and thus seen as an easy target("why amuse yourself in such way?/no, don’t insist, I’m already hurt") and she tries to put a stop to it once she realizes he doesn't really care for her after all. she put so much faith into this person she thought she could trust and believe, that she lets herself be taken advantage of, and then watches as he destroys her self esteem as she finds out he really does think she's ugly and not worth his love("it was an accident unfortunate/angel threw me like a rubber man/aiming for the ground"). she plays it off by saying she won't worry over it("I shed no tears for broken me"), yet at the same time she bitterly asks if he'll ever stop to think about the damage he has inflicted upon her...but she knows that in order for him to acknowledge her pain, it'd mean admitting he has done something wrong, which would damage his image("will it break your wings/will you shed no tear for broken me?")...so she really knows he will never admit nor apologize for what has happened between them.
i love this song so much. the whole tone set by the wall of sound combined with the desperate vocals speak volumes more than even the lyrics could.
what this song means to me...well, yes, the narrator's heart has been broken, but i think it is all because she has been led on by this "angel." to me, sexually used because she's an "elephant woman"(ugly girl) and thus seen as an easy target("why amuse yourself in such way?/no, don’t insist, I’m already hurt") and she tries to put a stop to it once she realizes he doesn't really care for her after all. she put so much faith into this person she thought she could trust and believe, that she lets herself be taken advantage of, and then watches as he destroys her self esteem as she finds out he really does think she's ugly and not worth his love("it was an accident unfortunate/angel threw me like a rubber man/aiming for the ground"). she plays it off by saying she won't worry over it("I shed no tears for broken me"), yet at the same time she bitterly asks if he'll ever stop to think about the damage he has inflicted upon her...but she knows that in order for him to acknowledge her pain, it'd mean admitting he has done something wrong, which would damage his image("will it break your wings/will you shed no tear for broken me?")...so she really knows he will never admit nor apologize for what has happened between them.
i love this song so much. the whole tone set by the wall of sound combined with the desperate vocals speak volumes more than even the lyrics could.