Canary Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Dogma72 

Cover art for Canary lyrics by Liz Phair

The thing I love about her song writing is that it is very rarely simple cut and dried.

For. Example I write with a number 2 pencil This can either be talking about conformity or standardization.

Or I learn my name Again A name is something anyone would know but in context it could mean identity or role.

Almost every line of this song has at least two possible and although similar sounding (ie standardization or conformance) they give very very different meanings.

So depending on the interpretation you could have a woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown that is furious and is plotting revenge

Or a wan in a dead relationship with an inept hisnd and shes just tired and ready to give up but wants to provoke some type of shock to try to wake things up

Also the voice in the background I registered on the remastered version and noticed that alot of the shit that sort of lived under the main tracks on the original release are way harder to hear or are gone. I could barely hear it but I'd guess its liz talking with a recording mic on about something unrelated to the actual song. This happens more than once on this album and it's only pizza talking.