people, wake up. close your drooling mouths guys. this song is cynical.
if you listen to st vincent you probably know by now that she likes to mix the innocent with the perverse, the sweet with the anxious, etc.
this song is about fooling a "john", fooling a man that she doesn't care about. she just wants his safety ("but you, you're a rock...")
you can tell that she's being cynical when you hear these lines:
"a heart like a socket i can plug into at will / and will you guess when i come around next / i hope your open sign is blinking still" and "when i touch down again i'll be in someone else's arms"
combined with the fact that she only wants him for sex.
get it?
people, wake up. close your drooling mouths guys. this song is cynical. if you listen to st vincent you probably know by now that she likes to mix the innocent with the perverse, the sweet with the anxious, etc. this song is about fooling a "john", fooling a man that she doesn't care about. she just wants his safety ("but you, you're a rock...") you can tell that she's being cynical when you hear these lines: "a heart like a socket i can plug into at will / and will you guess when i come around next / i hope your open sign is blinking still" and "when i touch down again i'll be in someone else's arms" combined with the fact that she only wants him for sex. get it?