Get Him Back Lyrics

Lyric discussion by auntdew 

Cover art for Get Him Back lyrics by Fiona Apple

I love the lyrics of this song, and how they are, what's the word, ah.

I'll explain instead

"He lived to put things in their place He did a commendable job He put himself so low he can hardly even look me in the face"

When not being taken literally "putting things in their place" usually means putting others down lower than you, because you think you're better then them, but then it says "He put himself so low he can hardly look me in the face". Which is the last thing you would expect from such a person. But then if you then take the more literal sense of puting things were they belong, it means his proper place was much lower than her. And if, his putting things in their place is a reference to a director, as some suggest it just adds more meaning to this part.

I also like that "I'm gonna get him back" in this song seems to both mean "I'm going to get my revenge" and "I'm going to get in a relationship with him again"

And I love this line "I think he let me down when he didn't disappoint me"