fantastic song. I think the abandon with which she sings it alludes to the theme of habit. that this is some kind of habitual behavior or situation that she's used to--because of everything having a painful "before" she ends up in these relationships where she is the one inflicting the pain instead (being the other woman, as opposed to the woman being cheated on). The repetition of her asking the sailor why he did it seems as though she is both resentful that he hurt her in the end instead of the woman that he was supposed to be hurting, and also that she sort of expected it (at least her tone suggests that she's not really surprised in the end and instead is just going through the protocol of asking why, even though she expected it all along). i think the thing i like most about this song is that ambivalence between being really hurt and it being expected; really wondering why, and asking why in a sort of sarcastic/cliche way that everyone asks even when they already know the answer.
fantastic song. I think the abandon with which she sings it alludes to the theme of habit. that this is some kind of habitual behavior or situation that she's used to--because of everything having a painful "before" she ends up in these relationships where she is the one inflicting the pain instead (being the other woman, as opposed to the woman being cheated on). The repetition of her asking the sailor why he did it seems as though she is both resentful that he hurt her in the end instead of the woman that he was supposed to be hurting, and also that she sort of expected it (at least her tone suggests that she's not really surprised in the end and instead is just going through the protocol of asking why, even though she expected it all along). i think the thing i like most about this song is that ambivalence between being really hurt and it being expected; really wondering why, and asking why in a sort of sarcastic/cliche way that everyone asks even when they already know the answer.