Private Ruth
Unveiling Private Ruth's Complex Emotions
Lyrics
She used to love me and that was such an obstacle
She used to love me, but that love became a significant obstacle.
Running around in the bad hand me downs of someone else's girl
Engaging in relationships with the discarded and inferior possessions of someone else's previous partner.
She's using my name and making a face
She appropriates my identity and expresses disdain, suggesting a desire to distance herself from her past.
As if to say all that she's been has been erased
She makes a facial expression as if trying to convey that everything she has experienced or done is now erased.
Private Ruth, you hate
Private Ruth, you hate.
Private Ruth
Reiteration of addressing Private Ruth, emphasizing a strong negative emotion.
She's tired of loving the ones she knows she's better than
She is weary of loving individuals she considers inferior to herself.
Moving the men on a chessboard full of all her so called friends
Manipulating men as pawns on a chessboard, surrounded by individuals she refers to as friends.
Or maybe she just wants me a drone
Speculation that she may want the speaker as a mindless follower, echoing commands from her authoritative position.
Proclaiming edicts from the queen bee in her cone
Issuing decrees like a queen bee from her figurative cone, exerting control over her domain.
Private Ruth, you hate
Private Ruth, you hate.
Private Ruth, you hate
Repetition, emphasizing the strong negative emotion directed towards Private Ruth.
Private Ruth, you hate
Private Ruth, you hate.
Private Ruth, you hate
Continued emphasis on the intense dislike towards Private Ruth.
Private Ruth, you hate
Private Ruth, you hate.
Private Ruth, you hate
Repetition, reinforcing the strong negative sentiment directed at Private Ruth.
Private Ruth, you hate
Private Ruth, you hate.
Private Ruth, you hate, you hate
Final repetition, underscoring the intensity of the hatred towards Private Ruth.
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