inflammatory writ is written language that can inflame. it incites "a light be lit" in the sense that it causes a commotion.
this song is about a relationship. she's addressing a love interest.
their relationship is suddenly spent. "waltz through your empty bed"? what else could that reference but being alone?
She spent all night writing her inflammatory writ - there's nothing about writer's block. their ~relationship~ was a bedraggled ghost of a sonnet.
it's a metaphor. jeez.
the last verse is an insult to him, because he ran away. everyone knows the great american novels were full of characters like holden caulfield and gatsby - they were losers that were thrown in the gutter and beaten up and no one cared about. but at least they didn't run away from their problems, like her loser boyfriend - that's what made those characters great american heroes.
it's very subtle, yes, but so is most of her stuff.
inflammatory writ is written language that can inflame. it incites "a light be lit" in the sense that it causes a commotion. this song is about a relationship. she's addressing a love interest.
their relationship is suddenly spent. "waltz through your empty bed"? what else could that reference but being alone?
She spent all night writing her inflammatory writ - there's nothing about writer's block. their ~relationship~ was a bedraggled ghost of a sonnet. it's a metaphor. jeez.
the last verse is an insult to him, because he ran away. everyone knows the great american novels were full of characters like holden caulfield and gatsby - they were losers that were thrown in the gutter and beaten up and no one cared about. but at least they didn't run away from their problems, like her loser boyfriend - that's what made those characters great american heroes.
it's very subtle, yes, but so is most of her stuff.