The first six or seven lines suggest to me that this isn't about abortion, but about her thinking she was pregnant after having unprotected sex - 'You didn't stop, when I told you to stop...' / 'There was a month when I wasn't sure' / 'I would have liked to have something above you'. It doesn't have the sadness that songs like Tori Amos's 'Playboy Mommy' have that would suggest miscarriage, and I don't think there's anything to suggest abortion because it's all about what she's going to do if she IS pregnant or she IS going to have a baby.
Yeah, I can see that. It makes me think of another of Tori's songs, "Silent All These Years", in which she sings "Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon." Basically, it's like "we had unprotected sex, I could have been pregnant for all you know, so show me some respect", that kind of thing. I think it's easier for men to walk away from sex unscathed, but it has a longer affect on the women - whether emotionally, or physically, with pregnancy, or the worry of it at least.
Yeah, I can see that. It makes me think of another of Tori's songs, "Silent All These Years", in which she sings "Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon." Basically, it's like "we had unprotected sex, I could have been pregnant for all you know, so show me some respect", that kind of thing. I think it's easier for men to walk away from sex unscathed, but it has a longer affect on the women - whether emotionally, or physically, with pregnancy, or the worry of it at least.
The first six or seven lines suggest to me that this isn't about abortion, but about her thinking she was pregnant after having unprotected sex - 'You didn't stop, when I told you to stop...' / 'There was a month when I wasn't sure' / 'I would have liked to have something above you'. It doesn't have the sadness that songs like Tori Amos's 'Playboy Mommy' have that would suggest miscarriage, and I don't think there's anything to suggest abortion because it's all about what she's going to do if she IS pregnant or she IS going to have a baby.
Yeah, I can see that. It makes me think of another of Tori's songs, "Silent All These Years", in which she sings "Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon." Basically, it's like "we had unprotected sex, I could have been pregnant for all you know, so show me some respect", that kind of thing. I think it's easier for men to walk away from sex unscathed, but it has a longer affect on the women - whether emotionally, or physically, with pregnancy, or the worry of it at least.
Yeah, I can see that. It makes me think of another of Tori's songs, "Silent All These Years", in which she sings "Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon." Basically, it's like "we had unprotected sex, I could have been pregnant for all you know, so show me some respect", that kind of thing. I think it's easier for men to walk away from sex unscathed, but it has a longer affect on the women - whether emotionally, or physically, with pregnancy, or the worry of it at least.