The Sweet Escape Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Spike2kX 

Cover art for The Sweet Escape lyrics by Gwen Stefani

One meaning might be about a guy and a girl (who always gets what she wants, "sour milk") that begin dating and she begins falling hard for him and expects him to feel the same. She then becomes "cold" with him because she interpreted his initial interest as him opening up his world (“leaving the refrigerator open”) but is still left on the “floor” (because this was not the case). For the first time in her life, she is on the deeper end on the scale of love and she realizes that his behaviour was not necessarily negative but it was her feelings and expectations that got her to act all “stank”.

“… recreate a place in my own world” may refer to her doing things over again in her fantasy world (or reality) and her winning his love by being his “favourite girl”. She is so stressed out over this guy (“I’m at my lowest point”) that she feels like she’s serving a sentence in jail and wants to escape (“I need to get me out of this joint”) and she still feels that he’s the answer to her “sweet escape”.

I don’t know, I might be way off but that’s my interpretation of the song. This reminds me of a girl that I went out with in the past.

Akon’s appearance is brilliant, great song though I really do not like the video.

-Spike 2kX