Lyric discussion by cloudy eye 

Cover art for Rinse lyrics by Vanessa Carlton

Well... sorry guys, but Vanessa wrote this song about me and my freakish tendency to obsess over this guy - five years before I even met him! She's good like that.

But seriously, fairyinblacknwhite has got the song down. It's about obsession and coming to terms with the fact that a guy is not going to make you who you are, or happy with yourself. It's an unhealthy thing and getting over it is a cleansing process - rinse.

My favorite part is that "if she runs away, she fears she won't be followed," because for me that's the worst part of getting over this. There's a void that's gotta be filled there.