Lily is the Jack of Hearts.
"I know I've seen that face somewhere, Big Jim was thinking to himself"
"Lily took her dress off and buried it away" - Changing into Jack
And the final verse:
"Lily had already taken all of the dye out of her hair" - Why was her hair dyed?
"She was thinking about her father, whom she very rarely saw
Thinking about Rosemary and thinking about the law
But most of all she was thinking about the Jack of Hearts" - Because she is the Jack of Hearts! She had "Strange affairs with men from every walk of life which took her everywhere" - She's worldly and creates Jack out of a conglomeration of her father and all the men she knew. The song's about women taking control of their lives by any means necessary.
@eyehop I think you cracked the case, eyehop. That would explain why she "had to have that certain flash every time she smiled", and why he was "face-down like the Jack of Hearts". The personas of the two are polar opposites to throw people off the trail. I have to re-listen to the song now with your interpretation.
@eyehop I think you cracked the case, eyehop. That would explain why she "had to have that certain flash every time she smiled", and why he was "face-down like the Jack of Hearts". The personas of the two are polar opposites to throw people off the trail. I have to re-listen to the song now with your interpretation.
@eyehop I think you cracked the case, eyehop. That would explain why she "had to have that certain flash every time she smiled", and why he was "face-down like the Jack of Hearts". The personas of the two are polar opposites to throw people off the trail. I have to re-listen to the song now with your interpretation. This would also explain why every character has a real name, but JOH is a card name...just a device of Lily's, not a seperate person.
@eyehop I think you cracked the case, eyehop. That would explain why she "had to have that certain flash every time she smiled", and why he was "face-down like the Jack of Hearts". The personas of the two are polar opposites to throw people off the trail. I have to re-listen to the song now with your interpretation. This would also explain why every character has a real name, but JOH is a card name...just a device of Lily's, not a seperate person.
@eyehop Another detail to support this theory - "Jack of Hearts" sounds a lot like "Joan of Arc". When Lily tells "Jack" that he is "looking like a saint", she is talking to her own reflection, and thinking of herself as Joan of Arc, who was sainted after her death.
@eyehop Another detail to support this theory - "Jack of Hearts" sounds a lot like "Joan of Arc". When Lily tells "Jack" that he is "looking like a saint", she is talking to her own reflection, and thinking of herself as Joan of Arc, who was sainted after her death.
Lily is the Jack of Hearts. "I know I've seen that face somewhere, Big Jim was thinking to himself" "Lily took her dress off and buried it away" - Changing into Jack And the final verse: "Lily had already taken all of the dye out of her hair" - Why was her hair dyed? "She was thinking about her father, whom she very rarely saw Thinking about Rosemary and thinking about the law But most of all she was thinking about the Jack of Hearts" - Because she is the Jack of Hearts! She had "Strange affairs with men from every walk of life which took her everywhere" - She's worldly and creates Jack out of a conglomeration of her father and all the men she knew. The song's about women taking control of their lives by any means necessary.
She must have used a very deep voice to order those drinks.I like what you said though.
She must have used a very deep voice to order those drinks.I like what you said though.
@eyehop I think you cracked the case, eyehop. That would explain why she "had to have that certain flash every time she smiled", and why he was "face-down like the Jack of Hearts". The personas of the two are polar opposites to throw people off the trail. I have to re-listen to the song now with your interpretation.
@eyehop I think you cracked the case, eyehop. That would explain why she "had to have that certain flash every time she smiled", and why he was "face-down like the Jack of Hearts". The personas of the two are polar opposites to throw people off the trail. I have to re-listen to the song now with your interpretation.
@eyehop I think you cracked the case, eyehop. That would explain why she "had to have that certain flash every time she smiled", and why he was "face-down like the Jack of Hearts". The personas of the two are polar opposites to throw people off the trail. I have to re-listen to the song now with your interpretation. This would also explain why every character has a real name, but JOH is a card name...just a device of Lily's, not a seperate person.
@eyehop I think you cracked the case, eyehop. That would explain why she "had to have that certain flash every time she smiled", and why he was "face-down like the Jack of Hearts". The personas of the two are polar opposites to throw people off the trail. I have to re-listen to the song now with your interpretation. This would also explain why every character has a real name, but JOH is a card name...just a device of Lily's, not a seperate person.
@eyehop Another detail to support this theory - "Jack of Hearts" sounds a lot like "Joan of Arc". When Lily tells "Jack" that he is "looking like a saint", she is talking to her own reflection, and thinking of herself as Joan of Arc, who was sainted after her death.
@eyehop Another detail to support this theory - "Jack of Hearts" sounds a lot like "Joan of Arc". When Lily tells "Jack" that he is "looking like a saint", she is talking to her own reflection, and thinking of herself as Joan of Arc, who was sainted after her death.