OKAY YOU GUYS. WE GET IT. AMANDA WROTE THE FUCKING SONG BECAUSE SHE BITES THE GOD DAMN SKIN AROUND HER GOD DAMN NAILS.
That may be what gave her the idea but this quite blatantly refers to other "bad habits" and there is no way you could tell me the lines
"...but the ugly marks
are worth the momentary gain...
when i jab a sharpened object in
choirs of angels seem to sing
hymns of hate in memorandum"
are solely about biting your nails. No. I am not having any of that shit.
Music is always up for interpretation by the listener and Amanda tricks us with songs all the time, too. I can even apply some of this to shooting up.
Anyway I was kind of- neigh, very disappointed to hear about the true inspiration behind this.
I listened to it and though someone wrote a beautiful song about what cutting is like. Not a mechanism for gaining attention, not something kids do to look cool or deep, but something people use to comfort them, as therapy and a release.
It may not be the best thing to use but its more than just fashionable.
Oh, and I took the "mittens in the summertime" line another way too; wearing heavy, out of season clothes in hot weather to cover up scars. Anywhere, not just the hands.
OKAY YOU GUYS. WE GET IT. AMANDA WROTE THE FUCKING SONG BECAUSE SHE BITES THE GOD DAMN SKIN AROUND HER GOD DAMN NAILS.
That may be what gave her the idea but this quite blatantly refers to other "bad habits" and there is no way you could tell me the lines
"...but the ugly marks are worth the momentary gain... when i jab a sharpened object in choirs of angels seem to sing hymns of hate in memorandum"
are solely about biting your nails. No. I am not having any of that shit. Music is always up for interpretation by the listener and Amanda tricks us with songs all the time, too. I can even apply some of this to shooting up.
Anyway I was kind of- neigh, very disappointed to hear about the true inspiration behind this. I listened to it and though someone wrote a beautiful song about what cutting is like. Not a mechanism for gaining attention, not something kids do to look cool or deep, but something people use to comfort them, as therapy and a release. It may not be the best thing to use but its more than just fashionable.
Oh, and I took the "mittens in the summertime" line another way too; wearing heavy, out of season clothes in hot weather to cover up scars. Anywhere, not just the hands.