Mica Lyrics

Lyric discussion by FrengerLovely 

Cover art for Mica lyrics by Mew

I always thought of Mica as a b*tch of a girl who never quite learned to grow up and become an adult. "Made my arms hurt so that I would happily forget"- she was in a relationship that was very unsteady because of the things she did. She is acting very shocked at the way her actions affect things and how life is basically giving her a slap in the face, although she had been warned of that. The guy is saying he's done so much for her to help, but it is of no use if she isn't willing to change. Now she's feeling sorry for herself and no one really seems to care. "She worked hard to be his novice and then broke into his office. With her clothes off, her clothes off still"- I think means that she's trying so hard to impress him, but it's such a pathetic and desperate attempt that he's just annoyed. Now we see the relationship begin to crumble, "a small dart" is to signify him trying to get her to care more about him and less about herself. "Let me do the talking, now that I’m here. You’ll steal all the attention anyway."- this always makes me think of them being in therapy- but I think it's actually the guy finally taking a stand against her and sticking up for himself. "‘cause something about you compels me to feel that a glued together vase is still a vase."- this line could have more than one meaning. Maybe he believes that even with all these troubles, he still cares for her and wants to make things work (vase= their relationship). Or it could be more of a humorous line to show him being fed up with her- that she thinks it's all over without trying to fix it, even when he's already tried to mend things, and so he's explaining that he really doesn't give a crud about what she thinks anymore.