I can see this as a song about the double standards between guys and girls who have sex. The guy comes away "a legend," but the girl has to deal with "the vultures" who pick apart her reputation and treat her like a terrible person.
It could also be about something more serious. Perhaps this is an individual who went through something traumatic with a friend or family member, and is still dealing with the effects of that. I think of siblings or even a mother/daughter who lived through an abusive situation, but one escaped or ignored the abuse while the other was left to navigate the trauma alone. The "vultures" could be the situation or abuser(s) themselves, or be the flashbacks and fears that terrorize the narrator at night. Either way, she wants to know why the other person didn't try harder to save her from them, when they could have and should have done more to help.
I can see this as a song about the double standards between guys and girls who have sex. The guy comes away "a legend," but the girl has to deal with "the vultures" who pick apart her reputation and treat her like a terrible person.
It could also be about something more serious. Perhaps this is an individual who went through something traumatic with a friend or family member, and is still dealing with the effects of that. I think of siblings or even a mother/daughter who lived through an abusive situation, but one escaped or ignored the abuse while the other was left to navigate the trauma alone. The "vultures" could be the situation or abuser(s) themselves, or be the flashbacks and fears that terrorize the narrator at night. Either way, she wants to know why the other person didn't try harder to save her from them, when they could have and should have done more to help.