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[Verse 1]
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 would never have amounted to very much
[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, this could be messy
But you don’t seem to mind
Ooh, don’t go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
We’ll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you’ve washed your hands clean of this
[Verse 2]
You’re essentially an employee and I like you having to depend on me
You’re a kind of my protégé and one day you’ll say you learned all you know from me
I know you depend on me like a young thing would to a guardian
I know you sexualize me like a young thing would, and I think I like it
[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, this could get messy
But, ooh, you don’t seem to mind
Dude, don’t go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
We’ll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of us
And I’ve more than honored your request for silence
And you’ve washed your hands clean of this
[Bridge]
What part of our history’s reinvented and under rug swept?
What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?
What with this distance it seems so obvious?
[Verse 3]
Just make sure you don’t tell on me, especially to members of your family
We best keep this to ourselves and not tell any members of our inner posse
I wish I could tell the world cause you’re such a pretty thing when you’re done up properly
I might want to marry you one day, if you watch that weight and keep your firm body
[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, this could be messy, and
Ooh, I don’t seem to mind
Ooh, don’t go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
We’ll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you’ve washed your hands clean of this
[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, this could get messy, and
Ooh, I don’t seem to mind
Ooh, don’t go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
We’ll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you’ve washed your hands clean of this
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Analiza piosenki
„Heads Clean” jest głównym singlem z piątego albumu Alanis Morissette „Under Rug Swept”. Tytuł albumu pochodzi z linii zawartej w bridge „Hands Clean”: „Jaka jest część naszej historii/ Czy na nowo wymyślono zamiatanie pod dywan? Jaka część twojej pamięci/ Czy jest selektywna i ma tendencję do zapominania?”.
Alanis opisuje swoje doświadczenia związane z wykorzystywaniem seksualnym jako osoby nieletniej. Jej romans ze starszym mężczyzną wydaje się być zabroniony ze względu na wiek. Mówi o tym jak o zbrodni. Istnieją plotki, że miała 14 lat, kiedy ta sprawa wyszła na jaw.
Nasi kochankowie nadal prowadzili nielegalny romans i oboje robili wszystko, co w ich mocy, aby zachować to w tajemnicy. Kilka lat później sprawa się skończyła. Powiedział jej, żeby nikomu nie mówiła. Wyraźnie czuje się zraniona sposobem, w jaki ta relacja uległa zagładzie, i faktem, że tylko dwoje z nich wie, a nie może z nikim o tym porozmawiać.












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