This is such a cool song. I feel like it is talking about a woman who led him on and then dropped him like nothing for someone else. She is emotionally dead (quarters on the eyes) and perhaps numbed as a habitual drug user (failing her litmus test). He sacrificed himself for her and she rejected him. "Turnabout's fair play" is a pun, but refers to a sudden change of heart. She knew all along what she was putting him through, (suffering a fool), but didn't care. She is as good as dead to him. Eddie Vedder was popular at the time and rhymes with better yet maybe alludes to being dumped for someone else.
This is such a cool song. I feel like it is talking about a woman who led him on and then dropped him like nothing for someone else. She is emotionally dead (quarters on the eyes) and perhaps numbed as a habitual drug user (failing her litmus test). He sacrificed himself for her and she rejected him. "Turnabout's fair play" is a pun, but refers to a sudden change of heart. She knew all along what she was putting him through, (suffering a fool), but didn't care. She is as good as dead to him. Eddie Vedder was popular at the time and rhymes with better yet maybe alludes to being dumped for someone else.