She's imagining her old pals coming back to her amidst a troubling time in her own life as an adult.
She reverts back to childish, immature thoughts when her present adult life becomes overwhelming.
"I'm sleeping in the girls room tonight".
She doesn't have friends, maybe, right now. And she needs that because of something personal occurring to her.
The last thing she imagines Terry saying;
"Tracy's been away forever..." That's herself thinking of herself being away from "the girls room" - i.e, her youth, her old self.
It's also clever that Phair writes her imagining of Tiffany wearing a "size too small of sweater".
Which fits the idea of her imagining back to when she was younger and more carefree.
Tracy is the singer.
She's imagining her old pals coming back to her amidst a troubling time in her own life as an adult.
She reverts back to childish, immature thoughts when her present adult life becomes overwhelming.
"I'm sleeping in the girls room tonight".
She doesn't have friends, maybe, right now. And she needs that because of something personal occurring to her.
The last thing she imagines Terry saying; "Tracy's been away forever..." That's herself thinking of herself being away from "the girls room" - i.e, her youth, her old self.
It's also clever that Phair writes her imagining of Tiffany wearing a "size too small of sweater". Which fits the idea of her imagining back to when she was younger and more carefree.