I Cut Off My Hair Lyrics

Lyric discussion by The_Aggressor 

Cover art for I Cut Off My Hair lyrics by Regina Spektor

Okay here is my take on this song.

The first line of the song ultimately sets the tone. "I cut off my hair and went to sleep"

Often when I got frustrated about my life, my love life inparticular, I found myself prone to trying to change something about myself and then I immediately regretted the decision and subsequently went to sleep to escape whatever was frustrating me.

She begins to sing about a dream she is having about her estranged love, and it seems by the use of partying and a "VIP" sticker on his jacket, he changed, something happened to them where he just fell away from her, maybe thought he was better; something changed in their relationship. She wonders if he misses her all the time, she feels like he still loves her, someway. They present a contrast in clothing when she is trying to be with him, which might be a metaphor for how he is wasting his life partying while she is expressing herself creatively (rags vs pointe shoes), he just conintually pushes her away (hitting the snooze).

"I tried to lay next to you but you hit the snooze The definition of A crazy person is Someone that does the same things Over and over again while expecting new results I cut off my tongue--you started to kiss me Blood trickled down--don't you ever miss me?"

She feels like she keeps having the same dream about him, and she can't stand herself because of it. She calls herself crazy because she does the same thing everytime she has the dream, and she still misses him afterwards.

At least that is what it means to me.