I always thought this was how she wanted the approval of critics and music lovers and the general population when she created songs and albums... and how she spent so much time trying to write the perfect songs that it actually deteriorated what made her songwriting special -- genuine desire to make a song. And how she had to abandon wanting congratulations and applause from the masses in lieu of creating what she wants to create.
And this verse "I wouldn't have said it was in fact luck/I'm talking idealism here/I would not have been so self deprecating/I wouldn't have cowered For fear of having my eyes scratched out" is about her remaining humble when she's complimented from the success of "Jagged Little Pill" rather than owning up to the fact that she is talented and maybe even superior to a lot of other musicians -- because if she took this angle, she feared that the world would turn on her and say she is arrogant.
And this verse "I wouldn't have said it was in fact luck/I'm talking idealism here/I would not have been so self deprecating/I wouldn't have cowered For fear of having my eyes scratched out" is about her remaining humble when she's complimented from the success of "Jagged Little Pill" rather than owning up to the fact that she is talented and maybe even superior to a lot of other musicians -- because if she took this angle, she feared that the world would turn on her and say she is arrogant.
I always thought this was how she wanted the approval of critics and music lovers and the general population when she created songs and albums... and how she spent so much time trying to write the perfect songs that it actually deteriorated what made her songwriting special -- genuine desire to make a song. And how she had to abandon wanting congratulations and applause from the masses in lieu of creating what she wants to create.
And this verse "I wouldn't have said it was in fact luck/I'm talking idealism here/I would not have been so self deprecating/I wouldn't have cowered For fear of having my eyes scratched out" is about her remaining humble when she's complimented from the success of "Jagged Little Pill" rather than owning up to the fact that she is talented and maybe even superior to a lot of other musicians -- because if she took this angle, she feared that the world would turn on her and say she is arrogant.
And this verse "I wouldn't have said it was in fact luck/I'm talking idealism here/I would not have been so self deprecating/I wouldn't have cowered For fear of having my eyes scratched out" is about her remaining humble when she's complimented from the success of "Jagged Little Pill" rather than owning up to the fact that she is talented and maybe even superior to a lot of other musicians -- because if she took this angle, she feared that the world would turn on her and say she is arrogant.