I agree with Therealtaryn, the person Emily is singing about (maybe herself) is comparing her life and past with a girl from Vegas. They both feel uncomfortable with thier past - they've both been brought up in a strict household. "It's not easy she would say, ripping her fingers into the ashtray
It's not easy to erase your blood" I see it has on of them has taken up smoking as a way of rebelling against what they have broguht up to be, and they both don't want to be sucked into the rut of marriage and family life, "His value declined when he offered his name
Why did he offer?" obviously declining his proposal.
When she was seven years old she saw a man get shot but,
No one came for a long time because
It happened in a remote parking lot in Las Vegas
And she was waiting for her mom to come back
From working the blackjack table at the Circus Circus casino
And that night her mom said the two of them and the now dead guy
Were the only three people that ever really lived in Las Vegas
Everybody else just arrived,
Ate their complementary shrimp cocktail, and left.
I love that verse so much. It perfectly describes life in Vegas. So many tourists go to Vegas for the fun, gambling and the lightheartedness of it all, oblivious to what actually happens in secluded areas. Her mum tries to reassure the girl that it's life - they've seen Vegas for what it is. Where as everyone else takes it for granted.
I agree with Therealtaryn, the person Emily is singing about (maybe herself) is comparing her life and past with a girl from Vegas. They both feel uncomfortable with thier past - they've both been brought up in a strict household. "It's not easy she would say, ripping her fingers into the ashtray It's not easy to erase your blood" I see it has on of them has taken up smoking as a way of rebelling against what they have broguht up to be, and they both don't want to be sucked into the rut of marriage and family life, "His value declined when he offered his name Why did he offer?" obviously declining his proposal.
When she was seven years old she saw a man get shot but, No one came for a long time because It happened in a remote parking lot in Las Vegas And she was waiting for her mom to come back From working the blackjack table at the Circus Circus casino And that night her mom said the two of them and the now dead guy Were the only three people that ever really lived in Las Vegas Everybody else just arrived, Ate their complementary shrimp cocktail, and left.
I love that verse so much. It perfectly describes life in Vegas. So many tourists go to Vegas for the fun, gambling and the lightheartedness of it all, oblivious to what actually happens in secluded areas. Her mum tries to reassure the girl that it's life - they've seen Vegas for what it is. Where as everyone else takes it for granted.