Summer in the City Lyrics

Lyric discussion by loocytl 

Cover art for Summer in the City lyrics by Regina Spektor

When I first heard this song, I completely interpreted it from a woman's perspective. Perhaps she had just been through a recent breakup, or she's lost her love due to distance (maybe he moved away from the city). The fact that she brings up cleavage, was her noticing how many women are exposing themselves in the summertime, and how he could potentially fall for any one of them, which makes her miss him even more. She obviously is taking it hard, and she's lost her ability to feel for anyone else but him. Therefore, she compares herself to castrated men. And as for "I’ve been hallucinating you, babe, at the backs of other woman." I thought it was her hallucinating him with other women, and those other women turn around smiling, almost mocking her, not recognizing her, which means he hasn't spoke of her, and she's been long forgotten by him.

Now that I've read some of these, it definitely makes sense that it could be from a man's perspective. This is just my first thoughts of it.