Song Meaning
This track opens with a scene of a student, now in her second year at a political science faculty, seemingly detached from her surroundings. The imagery of "cat eyes" and a "dazed dad" paints a picture of a slightly surreal, perhaps even disaffected, atmosphere. She prefers to lie on the grass alone, resisting the advances of others who "want" something from her, emphasizing a desire for solitude.
The core of the song revolves around this insistent refrain: "Wants to be alone." This repetition hammers home the narrator's (or the subject's) powerful drive for independence and self-containment. It’s not just a fleeting mood; it’s a declared state of being, a boundary being drawn against external pressures or expectations.
Verse two introduces a fascinating layer of abstraction, contrasting "copyrights" and "distribution" with "no clothes," "public relations," and "royalties." This suggests a rejection of conventional ownership, recognition, and transactional relationships. Working at a "copying plant" and liking "everything in double" could imply a desire for amplification of her inner world or a fascination with duplication, perhaps as a way to process or understand herself outside of external validation.
The lyrics effectively capture a tension between the subject's internal drive for solitude and the external world's attempts to engage or define her. The final verse brings a sense of time passing and a potential shift. The narrator feels a "heat" and a "dead end," while the subject maintains her stance, stating "there will be nothing." Yet, the abrupt ending, with her suddenly entering a class, hints at a possible, albeit ambiguous, change or a new phase beginning, leaving the listener to ponder the implications of this unexpected action after such a strong declaration of wanting to be alone.
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