Definitely abuse, but I think the song is about how the victim tries to justify the behavior. As someone said above, I think the 'don't ask me how I've been getting off' line is to the listener, not the lover. I think it is a question someone might ask her, like, 'how are you putting up with this abusive person', to which the answer is 'it's a fine line between pleasure and pain'.
She's told herself this, because it's the only way she can still reason that the abuser cares about her. I think the following line 'you've done it once...' is also something she's told herself. Like, 'it's okay. He's hit me before, I can deal with it if it happens again'. A sort of 'the first time is the hardest' approach.
Also, I think the 'sooner or later I'll find my place' is in response to him saying something like 'you don't know your place' or some shit. Sooner or later, she'll learn how not to anger him, and be able to fix her face.
If you think about it like this, the album title 'Make You Happy' is suddenly really upsetting. Like, what someone is willing to put themselves through for the idea of 'love'.
Could totally be wrong and stuff, but that's always what I've thought, and though I love the song, it also makes me pretty upset. Someone I love is with an abusive partner, and she tells me 'at least he loves me'. It's heartbreaking, and this song always comes to mind.
Kind of a messed up song.
Definitely abuse, but I think the song is about how the victim tries to justify the behavior. As someone said above, I think the 'don't ask me how I've been getting off' line is to the listener, not the lover. I think it is a question someone might ask her, like, 'how are you putting up with this abusive person', to which the answer is 'it's a fine line between pleasure and pain'.
She's told herself this, because it's the only way she can still reason that the abuser cares about her. I think the following line 'you've done it once...' is also something she's told herself. Like, 'it's okay. He's hit me before, I can deal with it if it happens again'. A sort of 'the first time is the hardest' approach.
Also, I think the 'sooner or later I'll find my place' is in response to him saying something like 'you don't know your place' or some shit. Sooner or later, she'll learn how not to anger him, and be able to fix her face.
If you think about it like this, the album title 'Make You Happy' is suddenly really upsetting. Like, what someone is willing to put themselves through for the idea of 'love'.
Could totally be wrong and stuff, but that's always what I've thought, and though I love the song, it also makes me pretty upset. Someone I love is with an abusive partner, and she tells me 'at least he loves me'. It's heartbreaking, and this song always comes to mind.