Def. agree with Trinora. Its a guy she had an amazingly close relationship with that came to an end. She needed time alone to get over it, but it seems like once she got to a place where she could feel optimistic about life again, the guy comes back in the picture and tortures her by reminding her of all she lost and all she wants.
I think the:
Get the rope
Tie me to the bed post
Cause I can't find within myself
The happy host
part is her saying she cant be happy alone (shes not a happy host for herself) and shes asking someone, maybe herself, maybe the guy, to tie her up so she cant keep running back to him and let him torture her....Its like being tied to a bed is easy compared to the hell she goes through with him.
The second verse:
Bring me need, bring me fire
One backless strapless copper-red gown
Kitty kitty cut twine
Bring turpentine
I can't stand by
High street flat of land
I've got to bite the hand
Shes still "tied to the bed" in a sense - shes been doing her best to keep away from him til she cant stand it anymore. So shes asking him to bring her need (relationship) and fire (passion), an shes coaxing him to untie her (kitty kitty, cut twine). Bring turpentine is her asking him to bring something to doctor her wounds with, where the rope cut in to her because she was trying to get untied. "Ive got to bite the hand" is her admitting thats shes only hurting herself, but she feels compelled to do it. She cant stop asking him to torture her.
Def. agree with Trinora. Its a guy she had an amazingly close relationship with that came to an end. She needed time alone to get over it, but it seems like once she got to a place where she could feel optimistic about life again, the guy comes back in the picture and tortures her by reminding her of all she lost and all she wants.
I think the: Get the rope Tie me to the bed post Cause I can't find within myself The happy host
part is her saying she cant be happy alone (shes not a happy host for herself) and shes asking someone, maybe herself, maybe the guy, to tie her up so she cant keep running back to him and let him torture her....Its like being tied to a bed is easy compared to the hell she goes through with him.
The second verse: Bring me need, bring me fire One backless strapless copper-red gown Kitty kitty cut twine Bring turpentine I can't stand by High street flat of land I've got to bite the hand
Shes still "tied to the bed" in a sense - shes been doing her best to keep away from him til she cant stand it anymore. So shes asking him to bring her need (relationship) and fire (passion), an shes coaxing him to untie her (kitty kitty, cut twine). Bring turpentine is her asking him to bring something to doctor her wounds with, where the rope cut in to her because she was trying to get untied. "Ive got to bite the hand" is her admitting thats shes only hurting herself, but she feels compelled to do it. She cant stop asking him to torture her.