i know the comment above found the meaning to the song but to me personally and maybe others can relate to this song in a different way. Here are my thoughts:
''All my life
I’ve been fighting a war
I can’t talk to you or your friends
It’s not only you
My heart jumps around when I’m eluded to
This will not do''
(In this part i see it as if she is telling of a guy she likes she feels like she's been struggling with an issue of their relationship for a long time, almost a lifetime. The following part tells of what this issue is, apparently this guy she is dating is keeping their relationship a secret, she can't even talk to his friends because it might mean their relationship will be discovered. The next part she goes on to explain that it isn't just him it's the situation, anytime she is mentioned by him or his friends her heart jumps because she thinks maybe he'll finally reveal it and they won't need to hide it anymore, but this happens several times and she is finally realizing that the situation, this relationship won't do.
'' 'Cause I was raised up to be admired,
To be noticed
But when you’re withdrawn
It’s the closest thing
To assault when our lives are on you
This will not do''
(Here she gives her reasons why she is done, she was raised to know she was valued and admired not hidden, she feels as if when he is distant around his friends with her it is literally a personal assault on her when instead her heart, their relationship is dependent on him and his hiding the relationship. she again states that for these reasons the relationship won't do, she is done.''
''I’m thinking glory,
Lick my lips, toss my hair
And send a smile over
And the story’s brand new
I can take it from here,
I’ll find my own bravado''
(in this part she is stating to him that when she makes herself pretty and flirts with him that he completely changes the story and pays her attention. This is the only time she gets his glory or attention, but she tells him she can't take it, she can't and won't do that, so she'll find her bravery by standing up for herself and realizing she deserves better, by ending the relationship.
''It’s a switch flipped
It’s a pill tipped back
It’s a moon eclipsed
And I can tell you that, when the lights come on I’ll be ready for this
It’s in your bloodstream
A collision of atoms that happens before your eyes
It’s a marathon run or a mountain you scale without thinking of size
I was fighting off every little thing that I thought was out to get me down
To trip me up and laugh at me
But I look not to hold
The quiet of the room with no one around to find me out
I want the applause the approval the things that make me go oh''
(this beginning part talks about how this realization feels, the switch is the realization that she deserves better, the pill part speaks about how this realization it's a sort of cure to her, the moon eclipsed is stating again this situation makes her feel eclipsed and hidden by him, she can't be herself in this situation. This following part she is telling him that when she finally is out of this shadow of a relationship he created she will be ready to finally be herself, she'll get what she truly deserves)
(The last half of this is in my idea how she is explaining to him that the situation and how she wants to be collide, this line could also be her trying to explain to him his feelings aren't real, rather they're attributed to his hormones. She tells him he took this relationship, which is a big deal with little consideration for what it really means.she finally states that all along she was fighting how he was hiding her, every little thing he did to keep her hidden his occasional ridicule of her to keep up appearances. in the end she learned not to hold on to a relationship that means she has to be a shadow or to be kept a secret. the final part i her saying she wants a relationship where she'll get the things she deserves, the things that make her happy.
i know the comment above found the meaning to the song but to me personally and maybe others can relate to this song in a different way. Here are my thoughts:
''All my life I’ve been fighting a war I can’t talk to you or your friends It’s not only you My heart jumps around when I’m eluded to This will not do''
(In this part i see it as if she is telling of a guy she likes she feels like she's been struggling with an issue of their relationship for a long time, almost a lifetime. The following part tells of what this issue is, apparently this guy she is dating is keeping their relationship a secret, she can't even talk to his friends because it might mean their relationship will be discovered. The next part she goes on to explain that it isn't just him it's the situation, anytime she is mentioned by him or his friends her heart jumps because she thinks maybe he'll finally reveal it and they won't need to hide it anymore, but this happens several times and she is finally realizing that the situation, this relationship won't do.
'' 'Cause I was raised up to be admired, To be noticed But when you’re withdrawn It’s the closest thing To assault when our lives are on you This will not do''
(Here she gives her reasons why she is done, she was raised to know she was valued and admired not hidden, she feels as if when he is distant around his friends with her it is literally a personal assault on her when instead her heart, their relationship is dependent on him and his hiding the relationship. she again states that for these reasons the relationship won't do, she is done.''
''I’m thinking glory, Lick my lips, toss my hair And send a smile over And the story’s brand new I can take it from here, I’ll find my own bravado''
(in this part she is stating to him that when she makes herself pretty and flirts with him that he completely changes the story and pays her attention. This is the only time she gets his glory or attention, but she tells him she can't take it, she can't and won't do that, so she'll find her bravery by standing up for herself and realizing she deserves better, by ending the relationship.
''It’s a switch flipped It’s a pill tipped back It’s a moon eclipsed And I can tell you that, when the lights come on I’ll be ready for this It’s in your bloodstream A collision of atoms that happens before your eyes It’s a marathon run or a mountain you scale without thinking of size I was fighting off every little thing that I thought was out to get me down To trip me up and laugh at me But I look not to hold The quiet of the room with no one around to find me out I want the applause the approval the things that make me go oh''
(this beginning part talks about how this realization feels, the switch is the realization that she deserves better, the pill part speaks about how this realization it's a sort of cure to her, the moon eclipsed is stating again this situation makes her feel eclipsed and hidden by him, she can't be herself in this situation. This following part she is telling him that when she finally is out of this shadow of a relationship he created she will be ready to finally be herself, she'll get what she truly deserves)
(The last half of this is in my idea how she is explaining to him that the situation and how she wants to be collide, this line could also be her trying to explain to him his feelings aren't real, rather they're attributed to his hormones. She tells him he took this relationship, which is a big deal with little consideration for what it really means.she finally states that all along she was fighting how he was hiding her, every little thing he did to keep her hidden his occasional ridicule of her to keep up appearances. in the end she learned not to hold on to a relationship that means she has to be a shadow or to be kept a secret. the final part i her saying she wants a relationship where she'll get the things she deserves, the things that make her happy.