Hands Clean song meanings. Add Your Thoughts Comments. Hands Clean may confuse some, because it was written mostly in the perspective of the older man, not hers. Verse one: "If it weren't for your maturity none of this would have happened If you weren't so wise beyond your years I would've been able to control myself" -this section of the song is pretty self explanatory He is basically giving himself credit for everything.
There was an error. Ryan Adams is 5 months younger than Alanis. Maybe you mean the much suckier yet much more famous Bryan Adams. General Comment she realizes she's getting into something that she probably shouldn't, but she's going to do it anyway. No Replies Log in to reply. General Comment i think this song is about her when she was young haveing a relationship with a much older guy General Comment I love how Alanis writes the lyrics to this song; they're all long, yet they work together so well.
IMO, she's definitely one of the best song writers. Song Meaning I believe it is about Leslie Howe. At the time Howe would have been 29, so that's 15 years. Her truth still resonates. Some 25 years later, Jagged Little Pill has been turned into a Tony-winning Broadway musical , and her nine studio albums have collectively sold millions upon millions of copies. I lived in Los Angeles, I went to a lot of art showings, I would go to movies all the time, I surfed and I would paddle board.
I was going on boats a lot; there was something about ocean time and jet skiing that was really energizing for me in that time period. I loved traveling, I loved food, I was just sort of this pseudo-continental gentlewoman traveling the world drinking cool smoothies and eating food and going to museums.
My goals at the time were to keep [expressing myself], continuing to write, continuing to produce or direct [music videos].
I hadn't met my husband and I hadn't had children yet, so I was very focused on activism and really focused on continuing to write and feel. I was having a lot of fun dating, and when I say fun I mean part of it was fun, and part of it was horrifying. From this perspective, Alanis is assuming the role of the older man and using sarcasm to express her bitterness over the relationship.
However, I could also see this as a situation where Alanis is the "older woman" addressing her younger, subordinate partner. The narrator relishes the power of being a woman worshipped by a younger man, and has fun with the role reversal by mockingly addressing her boyfriend as a "pretty young thing. Or, I could be way the hell off on both accounts, who knows. Login Register Login with Facebook. All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners.
All lyrics provided for educational purposes only. What does Hands Clean mean? Login Create Account. Alanis Morissette : Hands Clean Meaning. Tagged: No tags, suggest one. Song Released: Hands Clean Lyrics If it weren't for your maturity none of this would have happened If you weren't so wise beyond your years I would've been able to control myself If it weren't for my attention you wouldn't have been successful and If it weren't for me you This interpretation has been marked as poor.
My dad took me to see her play a year later, at a stadium in Kuala Lumpur where we lived. It was my first ever live concert and I was so excited that I vomited. Morissette was electrifying: she threw herself across the stage and bent her body in half, long hair touching the ground in front of her as she pelted full voice and fury into a microphone that could barely contain it. She started writing Jagged Little Pill when she was It was her third album.
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