I think this song is about dating/getting close to a sociopath.
"Sacrifice for you is just flirtation," risk-taking behaviors
"and friendship a cold convenience" sociopaths use people only to benefit themselves (including indirect ways)
"I wonder sometimes what you’re made of, is it rayon or is it dust?" he can sense something is off about her. Kind of iffy about the second line, perhaps he wonders if she's just been through a lot and it has given her an off-beat presence (dust), or if everything she does has an ulterior motive and is "artificial" (rayon)
"how you calibrate your intuition, such that it just beats the kill" she is highly calculating and able to get people (including him) to do what she wants
"You don't see me" no genuine connection or caring from her
"You won't change" sociopaths don't change
"that your big old Russian brain can keep you ahead of the stoplights" more risk-taking
"you to me is like carbon dioxide" charisma
"you know I won’t be your frozen rose" knows she is manipulative, refuses want to be cast under the spell and broken
I think this song is about dating/getting close to a sociopath.
"Sacrifice for you is just flirtation," risk-taking behaviors
"and friendship a cold convenience" sociopaths use people only to benefit themselves (including indirect ways)
"I wonder sometimes what you’re made of, is it rayon or is it dust?" he can sense something is off about her. Kind of iffy about the second line, perhaps he wonders if she's just been through a lot and it has given her an off-beat presence (dust), or if everything she does has an ulterior motive and is "artificial" (rayon)
"how you calibrate your intuition, such that it just beats the kill" she is highly calculating and able to get people (including him) to do what she wants
"You don't see me" no genuine connection or caring from her
"You won't change" sociopaths don't change
"that your big old Russian brain can keep you ahead of the stoplights" more risk-taking
"you to me is like carbon dioxide" charisma
"you know I won’t be your frozen rose" knows she is manipulative, refuses want to be cast under the spell and broken