This song is a message to her brother. This is a sister talking to her brother, Tryna get him out of his hole, but with the lyrics alone, her song as a message to him for the sole purpose of making him think about his direction in life. She starts out by comparing her life to his, which all good sisters do. Apparantley Sheryl would say anything to get her bro off the drug, that's why she says "okay I made it up..."so she embellishes her life, but by using simple metaphors, "thrift shop jungle, put on a poncho played for mosquitos, drank till I was thirsty again..." Basically saying she makes money to do some fun shopping, plays music at bars and drinks and has a wild fun time. Yeah, Sheryl gets stoned, but she's not on whatever her brother is on and she's making something of her life, and he's not. Her bro must say something like (and all us addicts do) "a drug is a drug is a drug." But truth be told, her getting stoned is no comparison to any other substance. Then comes the define sentence, "I'm not the kind of girl you'd take home." Where she's basically saying he could never get with a decent chick whose more level headed like herself. She also adds all the little things she does for him, it's subtle but it's all symbols;French toast, comics,... It's just her way of saying how she cares for him, but there's something she knows about her brother, and it's that If the drug makes you happy, then why does this song make you sad? That's the ultimate point of the song. She knows this song will get under his skin. She belongs a long way from him because can't handle his drug use, and he may be happy, but is he really?
@Jaycub86 Gonna have to edit this, whoops, when Sheryl says not the type of girl you'd bring home, she's saying she couldn't get along with his drug addict girlfriends.
@Jaycub86 Gonna have to edit this, whoops, when Sheryl says not the type of girl you'd bring home, she's saying she couldn't get along with his drug addict girlfriends.
This song is a message to her brother. This is a sister talking to her brother, Tryna get him out of his hole, but with the lyrics alone, her song as a message to him for the sole purpose of making him think about his direction in life. She starts out by comparing her life to his, which all good sisters do. Apparantley Sheryl would say anything to get her bro off the drug, that's why she says "okay I made it up..."so she embellishes her life, but by using simple metaphors, "thrift shop jungle, put on a poncho played for mosquitos, drank till I was thirsty again..." Basically saying she makes money to do some fun shopping, plays music at bars and drinks and has a wild fun time. Yeah, Sheryl gets stoned, but she's not on whatever her brother is on and she's making something of her life, and he's not. Her bro must say something like (and all us addicts do) "a drug is a drug is a drug." But truth be told, her getting stoned is no comparison to any other substance. Then comes the define sentence, "I'm not the kind of girl you'd take home." Where she's basically saying he could never get with a decent chick whose more level headed like herself. She also adds all the little things she does for him, it's subtle but it's all symbols;French toast, comics,... It's just her way of saying how she cares for him, but there's something she knows about her brother, and it's that If the drug makes you happy, then why does this song make you sad? That's the ultimate point of the song. She knows this song will get under his skin. She belongs a long way from him because can't handle his drug use, and he may be happy, but is he really?
@Jaycub86 Gonna have to edit this, whoops, when Sheryl says not the type of girl you'd bring home, she's saying she couldn't get along with his drug addict girlfriends.
@Jaycub86 Gonna have to edit this, whoops, when Sheryl says not the type of girl you'd bring home, she's saying she couldn't get along with his drug addict girlfriends.