I believe this song to be about Tom Gabel. How he kept his true identity inside for so many years. When she says:
"I don't want to see the world that way anymore,
I don't want to feel that weak and insecure."
I believe she's talking about seeing the world through the eyes of Tom Gabel instead of her true self Laura Jane Grace.
I don't want to see the world that way anymore,
I don't want to feel that weak and insecure.
As if you were my fucking pimp,
As if I was your fucking whore"
I don't want to see the world that way anymore,
I don't want to feel that weak and insecure.
As if you were my fucking pimp,
As if I was your fucking whore"
she's fucking angry at Tom Gabel for suppressing who she really was all this time. And "As if you were a Kingmaker" is sort of saying "don't you fucking dare take the credit for revealing who you are when you kept it bottled up all this time". At least that's what I...
she's fucking angry at Tom Gabel for suppressing who she really was all this time. And "As if you were a Kingmaker" is sort of saying "don't you fucking dare take the credit for revealing who you are when you kept it bottled up all this time". At least that's what I make of it.
But why would she want to "chop those brass rings off" his "fat fucking fingers"?
But why would she want to "chop those brass rings off" his "fat fucking fingers"?
Did he ever wear cheap rings or have fat fingers? To me, it sounds like her anger is directed at a business-type person. Those are the sort of people who would think that Tom owed them something.
Did he ever wear cheap rings or have fat fingers? To me, it sounds like her anger is directed at a business-type person. Those are the sort of people who would think that Tom owed them something.
I believe this song to be about Tom Gabel. How he kept his true identity inside for so many years. When she says: "I don't want to see the world that way anymore, I don't want to feel that weak and insecure."
I believe she's talking about seeing the world through the eyes of Tom Gabel instead of her true self Laura Jane Grace.
I think you're right.
I think you're right.
"As if you were a kingmaker. Black me out.
"As if you were a kingmaker. Black me out.
I don't want to see the world that way anymore, I don't want to feel that weak and insecure. As if you were my fucking pimp, As if I was your fucking whore"
I don't want to see the world that way anymore, I don't want to feel that weak and insecure. As if you were my fucking pimp, As if I was your fucking whore"
she's fucking angry at Tom Gabel for suppressing who she really was all this time. And "As if you were a Kingmaker" is sort of saying "don't you fucking dare take the credit for revealing who you are when you kept it bottled up all this time". At least that's what I...
she's fucking angry at Tom Gabel for suppressing who she really was all this time. And "As if you were a Kingmaker" is sort of saying "don't you fucking dare take the credit for revealing who you are when you kept it bottled up all this time". At least that's what I make of it.
But why would she want to "chop those brass rings off" his "fat fucking fingers"?
But why would she want to "chop those brass rings off" his "fat fucking fingers"?
Did he ever wear cheap rings or have fat fingers? To me, it sounds like her anger is directed at a business-type person. Those are the sort of people who would think that Tom owed them something.
Did he ever wear cheap rings or have fat fingers? To me, it sounds like her anger is directed at a business-type person. Those are the sort of people who would think that Tom owed them something.
I love that line, by the way.
I love that line, by the way.