The song is about jealousy. The narrator's woman is out with her friends. He interprets her act of dressing up, looking beautiful, and doing so separate from him (not specifically for him), as a threat. "They say vaguely goodbye."
He wants her to be beautiful, but only for him. In fact, he is threatened by the idea that se would even have a desire to be beautiful for any reason other than to please him. "You're dressed up for liberation."
In the context of other songs on the album, the 'evil temptress' is merely a woman. She is transformed into an 'evil temptress' in his mind "as I lay here tonight" through his insecurity "nervous as a bride."
The song is about jealousy. The narrator's woman is out with her friends. He interprets her act of dressing up, looking beautiful, and doing so separate from him (not specifically for him), as a threat. "They say vaguely goodbye."
He wants her to be beautiful, but only for him. In fact, he is threatened by the idea that se would even have a desire to be beautiful for any reason other than to please him. "You're dressed up for liberation."
In the context of other songs on the album, the 'evil temptress' is merely a woman. She is transformed into an 'evil temptress' in his mind "as I lay here tonight" through his insecurity "nervous as a bride."