This seems like PJ Harvey's version of a song by Heart called, Barracuda. It's as if she's recalling an incident between a man in the music industry (there are hints as to who it was in the snatches of old song lyrics) and something he said that knocked her sideways, badly. This song is both her calling him out, raging and punching him in the mouth (one tooth, for an eye), and her escaping into her safe place.
This seems like PJ Harvey's version of a song by Heart called, Barracuda. It's as if she's recalling an incident between a man in the music industry (there are hints as to who it was in the snatches of old song lyrics) and something he said that knocked her sideways, badly. This song is both her calling him out, raging and punching him in the mouth (one tooth, for an eye), and her escaping into her safe place.