@supervixenPgrrl is so right, I never thought about the song like this but it makes so much more sense. I was always flummoxed by the "sizzlelean" line because its unlike Kathleen to diss another girl but now I totally get it. Basically the song is about letting a man change you beyond recognition (but really the situation can apply to any gender). She made herself "nice and sweet" to fit his standards and by doing so "doused out the fire" inside of her, the very thing that makes her who she is, which is why this Replica is not "bacon" but "sizzlelean", she's a lousy version of herself. "Now I live on a new street baby, address double zero and the place is nowhere" is referencing the fact that her true self has pretty much disappeared. Such a smart song! For so long I've been dancing along to these songs without ever really analyzing the lyrics and wow, Kathleen Hanna is so smart and poetic and criminally underrated!
@supervixenPgrrl is so right, I never thought about the song like this but it makes so much more sense. I was always flummoxed by the "sizzlelean" line because its unlike Kathleen to diss another girl but now I totally get it. Basically the song is about letting a man change you beyond recognition (but really the situation can apply to any gender). She made herself "nice and sweet" to fit his standards and by doing so "doused out the fire" inside of her, the very thing that makes her who she is, which is why this Replica is not "bacon" but "sizzlelean", she's a lousy version of herself. "Now I live on a new street baby, address double zero and the place is nowhere" is referencing the fact that her true self has pretty much disappeared. Such a smart song! For so long I've been dancing along to these songs without ever really analyzing the lyrics and wow, Kathleen Hanna is so smart and poetic and criminally underrated!