I think this song is, in general, about prisoners wanting to break free of their cells and start over trying to be good people again. The narrator still feels confused and bewildered at the world like a child, which probably caused her to commit the crimes that landed her in jail. I'm not sure what the Hans Christian Anderson reference could mean (though the topic of his sexuality is interesting), nor the line 'Someday I will remember', though.
'Oh there's nothing wrong with them that a thousand bucks can't fix
That a thousand arms can't hold down'
These lines speak strongly to me because they are about, I guess, futility. There's nothing wrong with the prisoners that's really irreparable, she's saying, and them and their feelings and ideas aren't unstoppable, they can be restrained. So it's a bit sad, thinking about those prisoners beat down by everything. But at the same time, I think this is a bit sarcastic, with the idea of money being a panacea and a great number of people conspiring to hold down one person that thinks differently from them.
I am developing an unhealthy obsession with this song. 'Someday I will remember' and onward is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard in music. No lie.
I think this song is, in general, about prisoners wanting to break free of their cells and start over trying to be good people again. The narrator still feels confused and bewildered at the world like a child, which probably caused her to commit the crimes that landed her in jail. I'm not sure what the Hans Christian Anderson reference could mean (though the topic of his sexuality is interesting), nor the line 'Someday I will remember', though.
'Oh there's nothing wrong with them that a thousand bucks can't fix That a thousand arms can't hold down' These lines speak strongly to me because they are about, I guess, futility. There's nothing wrong with the prisoners that's really irreparable, she's saying, and them and their feelings and ideas aren't unstoppable, they can be restrained. So it's a bit sad, thinking about those prisoners beat down by everything. But at the same time, I think this is a bit sarcastic, with the idea of money being a panacea and a great number of people conspiring to hold down one person that thinks differently from them.
I am developing an unhealthy obsession with this song. 'Someday I will remember' and onward is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard in music. No lie.