Chloe In The Afternoon Lyrics

Lyric discussion by gonnagetjoe 

Cover art for Chloe In The Afternoon lyrics by St. Vincent

In my opinion, this is pretty clearly about a man visiting a domme named Chloe.

"You’re all legs I'm all nerves black lacquered horse hair whip" -- pretty straightforward so far.

"By your heels" -- Domme's commonly wear heels and this may also be alluding to a foot worship/fetish.

"heal my hurt" -- Perhaps this means the man is looking for some sort of redemption from his pain by accepting pain upon himself?

"horse hair whip" -- again, straightforward reference

"be your floor" -- In other words, "I'll be your floor". Expressing his willingness to be subjugated/humiliated by the domme.

"No kisses no real names no kisses no real names" -- Didn't Julia Roberts say "no kissing" in Pretty Woman? Anyway, it is my impression that when you visit a domme, there is typically no kissing. Kinda makes sense that there's no real names either.

"Who will hear hear your word" -- I suppose that this is part of the game-play: "you can scream, but nobody is going to help you."

"ring ring phone send you home" -- His phone rings. The real world wants him back.

"Find my heels" -- Not sure. Could either mean she had him dressed up as a woman. Could mean she had one last task for him that involved her heels. Or it could be a surprise ending to all this in that this is a woman receiving services instead of a man (and she is collecting her own heels to go back to work).

"heal my hurt" -- same reference as before.

"white, white shirt back to work" -- On a surface level, this is just putting back on his/her work shirt. But also it is white as a symbol of purity faux purity that this person wants to portray to the rest of the world (as opposed to the black that he/she and the domme were likely both wearing in their session).

At least that's the best I can make of it. :)

@gonnagetjoe I'd add that I think it's about a woman visiting a dominatrix. The line "find my heels" seems to imply that.