From this perspective, Alanis is assuming the role of the older man and using sarcasm to express her bitterness over the relationship. Perhaps at some point Alanis had been involved in this situation with an older man who was both a role model and a lover. "you're such a pretty thing when you're done up properly" and "I might want to marry you one day if you watch that weight and keep your firm body"). Much of the language in the lyrics indicates a man addressing a woman in a condescending fashion (i.e. I have two conflicting interpretations of this song: 1) It is a reflection on a May/December relationship from the man's point of view, or 2) It is a reflection of the artist's personal experience, with Alanis herself as the "older woman" narrator. She wishes they had the baby and it would have been beautiful. His family, probably religious, can't be told about the abortion, just like their friends. I might want to marry you one day if you watch that weight and keep your firm body" I wish I could tell the world because you're such a pretty thing when you're done up properly We best keep this to ourselves and not tell any members of our inner posse "Just make sure you don't tell on me especially to members of your family He erased the event from his memory and they had to reinvent the history and sweep the ugly part under the rug. What with this distance it seems so obvious?" What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget? "what part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? The reference about the "young thing" may also be about the unborn child. She still loves him and supports him, 'cause he's unable to do it by himself. I know you sexualize me like a young thing would and I think I like it"
I know you depend on me like a young thing would to a guardian You're kind of my protégé and one day you'll say you learned all you know from me "You're essentially an employee and I like you having to depend on me The problem is solved for him, but it's still a burden for her "a few years later". She got pregnant and terminated her pregnancy (supposed crime) and nobody can hear about that.Īnd I have honored your request for silenceĪnd you've washed your hands clean of this" She talks about the consequences of their acts. Or it's starts after she's pregnant and he talks her into a termination, He talks her into unsafe sex and she, in love with his wise mood, lets it happen. If it weren't for me you would never have amounted to very much " If it weren't for my attention you wouldn't have been successful and If you weren't so wise beyond your years I would've been able to control myself "If it weren't for your maturity none of this would have happened The song is about an abortion that the character has perpetrated in her youth. you left a pretty girl who makes millions. she never told what the name of the guy was. she kind of didn't keep his request for silence.sorta.
but i guess it makes her feel better to let out her feelings in a song. that he would only love her if she looked 'acceptable' in the end i don't think she gets over him exactly. she was saying that he really didn't love her and he only really liked her appearance and such. there are little comments like that throughout the song. she wants to tell someone but she loves him so much she is "honoring his request for silence" also in parts it talk about him saying things like "I would marry you if you watched your weight" or something like that. also the lyrics "We'll fast forward to a few years later, And no one knows except the both of us, And I have honored your request for silence, And you've washed your hands clean of this" saying that he moved on but she hasn't. the lyrics "this could get messy" is saying that the whole situation could blow up and he could get in biiiig trouble. and it's about how she loved him but he wanted to move on.
Well it's about her getting involved with a guy that's like.
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