There are a lot of good comments here, with meaningful interpretations. I'd just like to add a few things and sum up what I think is the meaning of the song:
Although we aren't inclined to believe that Pink abused his wife physically, the song leads us to assume that he has, as the line goes, "To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night." We don't have any other evidence suggesting he hasn't physically beaten his wife, although I agree that the line "To put through the shredder" probably does refer to emotional abuse. Also, I'd like to point out that when people are discussing what Pink could have done to his wife that made her leave, find another man, and refuse his calls (we assume she knew who was calling), they think that he had an emotional wall around himself that made her upset. She couldn't get through to him because of his wall. That isn't correct. I'd like to quote wikipedia.org for the correct interpretation:
"He eventually gets married, but he and his wife grow apart and she has an affair while Pink is on tour. When Pink learns of the affair, he compensates with expensive materialistic possessions and turns to a willing groupie (Jenny Wright), only to trash the hotel room and drive her away."
Somehow I don't think she knew who was calling, or her new boyfriend didn't tell her when he answered the phone. Sure, she was cheating on her husband, but I feel like she would have answered if she knew it was him, because she spent so long trying to connect and communicate and now he's doing it for her.
Somehow I don't think she knew who was calling, or her new boyfriend didn't tell her when he answered the phone. Sure, she was cheating on her husband, but I feel like she would have answered if she knew it was him, because she spent so long trying to connect and communicate and now he's doing it for her.
Orrrr, she was just being mean and not answering. shrug
Orrrr, she was just being mean and not answering. shrug
There are a lot of good comments here, with meaningful interpretations. I'd just like to add a few things and sum up what I think is the meaning of the song:
Although we aren't inclined to believe that Pink abused his wife physically, the song leads us to assume that he has, as the line goes, "To beat to a pulp on a Saturday night." We don't have any other evidence suggesting he hasn't physically beaten his wife, although I agree that the line "To put through the shredder" probably does refer to emotional abuse. Also, I'd like to point out that when people are discussing what Pink could have done to his wife that made her leave, find another man, and refuse his calls (we assume she knew who was calling), they think that he had an emotional wall around himself that made her upset. She couldn't get through to him because of his wall. That isn't correct. I'd like to quote wikipedia.org for the correct interpretation:
"He eventually gets married, but he and his wife grow apart and she has an affair while Pink is on tour. When Pink learns of the affair, he compensates with expensive materialistic possessions and turns to a willing groupie (Jenny Wright), only to trash the hotel room and drive her away."
Somehow I don't think she knew who was calling, or her new boyfriend didn't tell her when he answered the phone. Sure, she was cheating on her husband, but I feel like she would have answered if she knew it was him, because she spent so long trying to connect and communicate and now he's doing it for her.
Somehow I don't think she knew who was calling, or her new boyfriend didn't tell her when he answered the phone. Sure, she was cheating on her husband, but I feel like she would have answered if she knew it was him, because she spent so long trying to connect and communicate and now he's doing it for her.
Orrrr, she was just being mean and not answering. shrug
Orrrr, she was just being mean and not answering. shrug