Really not sure how someone sees this as a warnign to other artists. I guess we all see life thorugh the filter of our own life.
My filter shows this as a man who had it made, and his life is crumbling. Both financially and with his divorce. Just take a look at the verses. The first verse showa man alone and out of money. Second shows he was on track for a good life. The third one shows that as his life is crumbling around him, she is out being happy and spending money on a new dress. Stark contrast. Then he moves on to "the second floor". Showign he has sunk so low as to have to live in an apartment, buthe can't pay for it so he's being evicted.
"So much for liberation" sounds like he thought he could divorce her and live the good life, but now that he screwed her over and his life is crumbling, "they" are laughing at him that he screwed up.
Then comes the bitterness. The wantign to strike out at someone and and soemthing.
The key is the "can't afford the pen to sign her checks". At one point he was so shallow that he would pay to have a pretty girl on his arm, and now that he is a broken man he is still paying....while she's out buying new dresses.
Love the song, but it's comes off as a very violent reaction to a man suffering from loss of money and a bitter divorce.
Really not sure how someone sees this as a warnign to other artists. I guess we all see life thorugh the filter of our own life.
My filter shows this as a man who had it made, and his life is crumbling. Both financially and with his divorce. Just take a look at the verses. The first verse showa man alone and out of money. Second shows he was on track for a good life. The third one shows that as his life is crumbling around him, she is out being happy and spending money on a new dress. Stark contrast. Then he moves on to "the second floor". Showign he has sunk so low as to have to live in an apartment, buthe can't pay for it so he's being evicted.
"So much for liberation" sounds like he thought he could divorce her and live the good life, but now that he screwed her over and his life is crumbling, "they" are laughing at him that he screwed up.
Then comes the bitterness. The wantign to strike out at someone and and soemthing.
The key is the "can't afford the pen to sign her checks". At one point he was so shallow that he would pay to have a pretty girl on his arm, and now that he is a broken man he is still paying....while she's out buying new dresses.
Love the song, but it's comes off as a very violent reaction to a man suffering from loss of money and a bitter divorce.