| The Dresden Dolls – Half Jack Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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This song can be interpreted in many different ways, as can most songs of course, but I think the original topic is someone with an abusive father struggling with identity issues because she's "half-jack", half of him. There's definitely references to parents and birth, "I'm half my mother's daughter", "long ago in some black hole before they had these pills to take it back," "i'm half jill and half jack" I do think that there's also some contempt for the mother here, "a cross between two evils" the father isn't the only problem here, "cause i'm not big enough to house this crowd" the conflict of being half her mother and father perhaps? There are also references to domestic abuse, "half hoping for a showdown..it might destroy my body", the lines alluding to surgery may be surgery due to injuries caused by abuse even It's a gorgeous song really |
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