Fixing Her Hair
Unveiling Reflections: A Woman's Struggle for Liberation in 'Fixing Her Hair'
Lyrics
She's looking in the mirror
She's self-reflecting in front of a mirror
She's fixing her hair
She's grooming herself, paying attention to her appearance
And I touch my head to feel
The speaker touches their head, possibly feeling a lack or emptiness
What isn't there
Suggests a personal emptiness or loss
She's humming a melody
She's humming a familiar tune from their past
We learned in grade school
A shared experience from their school days
She's so happy
She appears happy, but the speaker feels otherwise
And I think
The speaker expresses concern or discomfort
This is not cool
Questioning the situation's appropriateness
Cause I know the guy
Reference to a person she talks about
She's been talking about
The speaker has met the person she's talking about
I have met him before
Recollection of a previous encounter
And I think
Expressing awe at her beauty and wondering why she's settling
What is this beautiful beautiful woman
Questioning her choices
Settling for?
Reflecting on her settling for less than she deserves
She bends her breath
Observing a change in her demeanor when talking to him
When she talks to him
Noticing her features becoming indistinct or lost
I can see her features begin to blur
Conforming to the expectations he has set for her
As she pours herself
Symbolizing her conformity to his expectations
Into the mold he made for her
She finds ways to justify his actions
And for everything he does
Despite his actions, she rationalizes them
She has a way to rationalize
She accepts and justifies his behavior
She says he don't mean what he do
Claims he doesn't mean the harm he causes
She tells me he called
He apologizes, possibly insincerely
To apologize
He attempts to make amends
He says he loves her
He professes love for her
He says he's changing
He claims to be changing for the better
And he can keep her warm
He promises to provide warmth and comfort
And so she sits there like America
She endures slow, gradual change like America undergoing reform
Suffering through slow reform
Enduring difficulties and changes for the relationship
But she'll never get back the time
Loss of time and opportunities in the relationship
And the years sneak by
The passage of time
One by one
Time passing without significant change
She is still playing the martyr
She continues to play the role of a martyr
I am still praying for revolution
The speaker desires revolutionary change
And she still doesn't have what she deserves
She hasn't received what she deserves in the relationship
But she wakes up smiling every day
Despite unfulfilled expectations, she wakes up happy
She never really expected more
She never expected more due to societal conditioning
That's just not the way we are raised
Commentary on societal expectations and conditioning
And I say to her,
The speaker advises her to consider other potential partners
You know,
The speaker offers advice or perspective
There's plenty of really great men out there
The speaker suggests there are better men out there
But she doesn't hear me
She remains oblivious or indifferent to the advice
She's looking in the mirror
She returns to the mirror, possibly preoccupied with appearance
She's fixing her hair
Continuing to groom herself, possibly to maintain a facade
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