There are two obvious things to take into consideration. She cites two authors: Virginia Woolf and Margaret Atwood. Both were feminist writers. I have no idea about Atwood, but despite marrying a Jew Woolf was criticised as being anti-semitic (bearing in mind Regina's Jewish descent).
There is a possible hint of the obvious, that she is singing about a woman with feminist ideals who would rather not break free as she cares too deeply for the man she's with. This could be reflected in the line
"He told me that he couldn’t live without me
And I told him the same thing too
And though we knew it wasn’t true
We both knew it wasn’t a lie"
Perhaps she is implying that they love each other too much to be apart, but there is a chauvinist attitude that she is dependent on a man (the lie).
There are also certain religious connotations I could read into her talk of the afterlife. There are complaints amongst certain Jewish sects of being rather restricting of their women, and perhaps she is alluding to wanting to stick with her traditions and religion despite Woolf's writings of the oppression women suffer. She is tempted by feminism, but again, Woolf and Atwood can't stop her from remaining religious - she'll be rewarded or "comforted" in the next life.
There are two obvious things to take into consideration. She cites two authors: Virginia Woolf and Margaret Atwood. Both were feminist writers. I have no idea about Atwood, but despite marrying a Jew Woolf was criticised as being anti-semitic (bearing in mind Regina's Jewish descent).
There is a possible hint of the obvious, that she is singing about a woman with feminist ideals who would rather not break free as she cares too deeply for the man she's with. This could be reflected in the line "He told me that he couldn’t live without me And I told him the same thing too And though we knew it wasn’t true We both knew it wasn’t a lie" Perhaps she is implying that they love each other too much to be apart, but there is a chauvinist attitude that she is dependent on a man (the lie).
There are also certain religious connotations I could read into her talk of the afterlife. There are complaints amongst certain Jewish sects of being rather restricting of their women, and perhaps she is alluding to wanting to stick with her traditions and religion despite Woolf's writings of the oppression women suffer. She is tempted by feminism, but again, Woolf and Atwood can't stop her from remaining religious - she'll be rewarded or "comforted" in the next life.