I think the key to understand this song is: a paperback head that has to frame up a material girl. Paperbacks are cheap version of books compared to a hard cover book.
(Paperback editions of books are issued when a publisher decides to release a book in a low-cost format. Cheaper paper, glued bindings, and the lack of a hard cover contribute to the lower cost of paperbacks. Paperbacks can be the preferred medium when a book is not expected to be a major seller or where the publisher wishes to release a book without putting forth a large investment. Examples include many novels, and newer editions or reprintings of older books.)
I think this song is about having a paperback head / mindset but having the needs of a material girl.
Then this song could mean two things:
1) You/ (the singer itself) are yourself a material girl. A paperback head but the body/ needs of a material girl.
2) You want to be in a relationship with a material girl So you need to “frame up a material girl”. This could fit with the song referencing to material girl of Madonna. Which is basically a song about how a material girl only dates “material” boys.
Indications for these interpretation are also you have to become what you fancy. The album is also Sainthood where you try to work/ devote yourself to change/ to be better.
I gasp like sugar and spine might be about the difficulty to resists the actual needs of being a material girl and to ask who is better at resisting this needs of being a material girl.
I gasp in my needs ,who is better than you paperback head who is better than me as a partner?
Paperback head you got carried away, paperback head you spend too much
Paperback head you got carried away: paperback mind set you had it wrong
Stitch up your spine to: means become a hardcover book to keep the suitors ( the love rivals) away
Stich up your spine to keep the suitors away in combination with draw your own aid might also mean you have to become a hard cover in order to not have to rely on others financially (suitors).
I think the key to understand this song is: a paperback head that has to frame up a material girl. Paperbacks are cheap version of books compared to a hard cover book. (Paperback editions of books are issued when a publisher decides to release a book in a low-cost format. Cheaper paper, glued bindings, and the lack of a hard cover contribute to the lower cost of paperbacks. Paperbacks can be the preferred medium when a book is not expected to be a major seller or where the publisher wishes to release a book without putting forth a large investment. Examples include many novels, and newer editions or reprintings of older books.) I think this song is about having a paperback head / mindset but having the needs of a material girl. Then this song could mean two things: 1) You/ (the singer itself) are yourself a material girl. A paperback head but the body/ needs of a material girl. 2) You want to be in a relationship with a material girl So you need to “frame up a material girl”. This could fit with the song referencing to material girl of Madonna. Which is basically a song about how a material girl only dates “material” boys. Indications for these interpretation are also you have to become what you fancy. The album is also Sainthood where you try to work/ devote yourself to change/ to be better.