When I first heard the song I thought the lyrics and the way Carrie sang sounded very sexual but after reading through the lyrics a couple of times it kind of feels like it's from the perspective of an audience member watching someone performing music on stage and just owning it.
Carrie writes a bit in her memoir about being captivated by performers on stage when she was younger and wanting to be able to do that herself.
So now the song kind of reminds me of someone watching a performer get completely into it on stage, dancing and moving to the music in a captivating way and the audience member getting drawn into it, watching and feeling everyone movement and wanting to move along to the song with them, and just admiring the performance so much???
"Move a little closer
Don't be afraid
If you want a pretty picture
You better look away"
This kind of reminds me of her being drawn into a messy chaotic performance - or perhaps addressing the audience as the performer.
"Would you be an engine?
I'd like to see you climb
If you need help with your motor
You can borrow mine"
This verse could be interpreted as the audience member and performer sort of sharing the same high-energy and losing themselves in the music
"It's getting so pathetic
I'm so restrained
I need it to be hectic
And rearranged"
This could relate back to Carrie as a teen and her strong desire to be over-the-top, admired, and losing herself in these hectic songs/performances
When I first heard the song I thought the lyrics and the way Carrie sang sounded very sexual but after reading through the lyrics a couple of times it kind of feels like it's from the perspective of an audience member watching someone performing music on stage and just owning it.
Carrie writes a bit in her memoir about being captivated by performers on stage when she was younger and wanting to be able to do that herself.
So now the song kind of reminds me of someone watching a performer get completely into it on stage, dancing and moving to the music in a captivating way and the audience member getting drawn into it, watching and feeling everyone movement and wanting to move along to the song with them, and just admiring the performance so much???
"Move a little closer Don't be afraid If you want a pretty picture You better look away" This kind of reminds me of her being drawn into a messy chaotic performance - or perhaps addressing the audience as the performer.
"Would you be an engine? I'd like to see you climb If you need help with your motor You can borrow mine" This verse could be interpreted as the audience member and performer sort of sharing the same high-energy and losing themselves in the music
"It's getting so pathetic I'm so restrained I need it to be hectic And rearranged" This could relate back to Carrie as a teen and her strong desire to be over-the-top, admired, and losing herself in these hectic songs/performances