Pretty Dirty Habits
Pretty Dirty Habits: A Tale of Longing and Messy Love
Lyrics
She lifts up her dress and he just
She reveals herself, and he casually
Lights up a cigarette
Ignites a cigarette
My my, what a pretty mouth you have
Expressing admiration for her attractive mouth
It’s a pretty dirty habit this I must admit
Acknowledging that smoking is a somewhat unclean habit
It’s much easier to cope with something touching my lips
Finding solace in things that touch her lips
And the warmth that it brings to my fingertips
Enjoying the warmth it brings to her fingertips
Makes it easier for me to
Indicating that this habit helps her deal with loneliness
Be alone like this
Being comfortable with solitude
Oh I’m right here, she say, with a heaving in her breast
She's physically present, expressing emotion through breath
Oh I’m right here, she says, with a longing he could never detect
Asserting her presence despite a hidden longing
It’s a strange way to live
Reflecting on the peculiar nature of her lifestyle
Either cooped up in your bed
Choosing between seclusion and uncertainty
Or perched up on, upon the fence
Balancing on the fence between reality and imagination
Between what’s real and what is just up in your head
Dealing with the blurred line between real and imagined
And the booze on your breath
Alcohol on her breath implies sadness
Now it only suggests
Suggesting a state of melancholy
You’re feeling blue again
Expressing sadness without a clear cause
For no reason other than it’s what you do,
Acknowledging the habit without a specific reason
She says, unwilling now to pretend that she’s in love
Rejecting pretense about being in love
Even though she knows she still is
Admitting lingering feelings despite denial
It’s a pretty messed up habit giving everything you have
Characterizing the habit of giving everything to one person
To just one man, one man you know, who can never give it back
Highlighting the imbalance in a one-sided relationship
Oh I’m right here, she says, with a heaving in her breast
Present physically, yet emotionally burdened
Oh I’m right here, she says, with a longing he would never understand
Expressing a yearning that remains incomprehensible
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