it seems quite clear that skin is the Tracy character, her flaw is that she will exploit those who love her purely because she knows that they will be around to pick up the pieces when she falls. Although it seems to be a lover that is being addressed throughout the song i think there is also a feeling that she is addressing a mother figure.
If you look at other skunk anansie songs such as 'selling jesus' and '100 waysto be a good girl' There is eveidence of rebellion against a strict religious up bringing. I think that there is this feeling that she has failed because the standards that the person set for her were impossible to maintain. There is a definate bitterness relating to the pressure that was put upon her to be 'a good girl' and a feeling that she is expressing all of her indiscresstions before they are used sgainst her in a messianic salvation gesture that is always accompanied by a reminder of just how much of a bad girl she has been.
it seems quite clear that skin is the Tracy character, her flaw is that she will exploit those who love her purely because she knows that they will be around to pick up the pieces when she falls. Although it seems to be a lover that is being addressed throughout the song i think there is also a feeling that she is addressing a mother figure.
If you look at other skunk anansie songs such as 'selling jesus' and '100 waysto be a good girl' There is eveidence of rebellion against a strict religious up bringing. I think that there is this feeling that she has failed because the standards that the person set for her were impossible to maintain. There is a definate bitterness relating to the pressure that was put upon her to be 'a good girl' and a feeling that she is expressing all of her indiscresstions before they are used sgainst her in a messianic salvation gesture that is always accompanied by a reminder of just how much of a bad girl she has been.