You know, I think this is the only video I've ever seen where the dancers made sense to me. It's awesome-- a bunch of little boys dressed like men, shaking hands and skipping around.
the first time i heard this song i started crying because of how amazingly it did and stil does apply to my life. i still cant listen to this song without my eyes watering a litle
hunger hurts but starving works when love costs to much
I can't believe this woman, who has written so many beautiful songs that are so wonderfully human, and served as a positive role model for so any people, can also dance and look great in a musical-style music video. I'm so impressed! I looooove this video.
Actually, I've never got that line. It always confuses me. If someone could explain it I'd love you forever ... Okay not really but I'd think of you when I heard the line.:)
i love the concept of her leaving the hotel as a part of leaving a certain chapter of your life behind and with that sad smile... still being ok with it.
i love fiona, and her music rocks! I especially love this song, and most of her videos... but this video... great song, but this music video is just terrible and i'm sorry but she is devoid of any feeling throughout the whole thing...
Fiona was raped outside her apartment when she was just 12. Fiona continues to have nightmares about her rape and for years afterwards, would frequently check closets to see if her rapist was hiding behide it. She later developed an ED
"I definitely had an eating disorder. What was really frustrating for me was that everyone though I was anorexic, and I wasn't. I was really depressed and self-loathing. For me, it wasn't about being thin, it was about getting rid of the bait attached to my body. A lot of it came from the self-loathing that came from being raped at the point of developing my voluptuousness..
from what i gather......it's about unrequited love for someone who doesnt take her seriously and is just playing with her mind......is not man enough to take on her craziness she has to try to restrain herself from loving him......i love this song too
"I was having a sweet fix of a daydream of a boy, whose reality I knew was a hopeless to be had."
That's the key lyrics here, I think. The guy's married, taken, gay, something... and it's kind of clear between them that nothing will happen, BUT... hunger hurts :)
No. Its not that he's taken or gay or anything like that. He just doesn't get her. The boy will never be a right fit for her and she knows this but she still loves him and that's why she must try to forget him, even though it hurts so much.
girllikeboys27 makes a happy comment about her name being the same as fionna. vonfandango immediately feels compelled to squash her like a bug. what a vicious human being you are. A lot of hostility you are carrying inside there fandango. Oh, by the way, don't bother spitting some venom my way, i was raised by nuns and catholic priests.
I was giving her a compliment. I have no ill will towards anyone. Why would I make fun of her when I like this song, please use your brain. and you seem a little angry even though raised by nuns and catholics, shame on you :(
I'm so glad I said the right thing for someone out there. You made me feel SO good just now, too. It cheered me up to hear that I helped someone, so thank YOU for that. :)
thats the most over used quote ive heard.. right out of a fortune cookie..."f they don't care enough to help you at your worst, then they don't deserve you at your best"..OVERUSED
I never read that anywhere, just came up with it off of the top of my head. Good quotes get spread around because they make sense and cheer you up. :)
If you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all!
ANY WAYS... iver heard it before so that doesnt make it original.. there is no way you can come up with that on your own. but yeah... it does kind of cher you up
Well, smart minds think alike. It does cheer you up, which is why it's been said in the past. No reason to go raining on someone else's parade. I'm sorry you were in a bad mood or felt the need to bring someone down. Keep smiling! :D
not to be (too) rude, but please, can't you people just appreciate how cool this video is and not bitch about eating crap!
really now, if you are pro ana, more power to ya, but damn, i just like the song, maybe it's related but really now, there's a time and a place for all the ravings,
And if you notice at the end of the video a little boy gives her the suitcase, which is probably her "emotional baggage"/ the mess he doesnt wanna clean up.
i love how she compares one-way love to anorexia. i've struggled with an eating disorder all my 24 years it seems...
nobody knows how you view the world through your distorted emotions unless they've been there. and she's been there! she articulates it so well it makes me envious of her elequant giftedness.
when i say i "struggled" i meant that once my kidneys failed and i broke a rib when i sneezed not to mention my hair falling out, it wasn't so GLAMOUROUS anymore.
It's about love *and* anorexia - and this reinforces the fact that people often literally starve themselves when starved for love. Someone of Fiona's abilities isn't going to completely disregard the literal sense of her lyrics.
Almost the entire song is structured to be meaningful from either interpretation:
Shaking hands (physical effects of malnutrition, psychological effect of unrequited love)
i thought this song is about disappointment. which is why she says "a dove of hope began it's downward slope. i thought it was a bird but it was just a paper bag". she thought she found her dream man but he was "just a little boy"
i think it has a duel meaning, hunger from love but it can also represent those with eating disorders
i get that the actuall meaning is probably the love thing but i dont think that any one should be criticized for taking the song and taking from it what they want.
what i mean to say is everyone interprets art, songs ect in their own way, wether or not that was the way the artists originally intended so no one can be right or wrong here its about personal opinion.
all art is self portraiture including the written(sung,is that a word,)word.
but all art is filtered through our filters of our pyche - so is there true art? - how could you ever know.
though there may be a message in the song that fiona wanted to convey there is enough abstract to allow us to attach personel meaning too it. very well produced song which envokes emotion in me both positive and negative but both i enjoy its good to feel
Hey, you guys, that 2009jakali is a crazy, crazy person. They messaged me on youtube and said I was insulting them--and that I was an idiot or something for being so rude on the internet. So, for the love of God, if you want to keep your sanity, do NOT give him/her intelligible interpretations to a song. RTarg.
It's not about anorexia. Jeez. "Hunger hurts, but starving works"--she's referring to the man who won't give her love. She's 'hungry' for his love--but he won't give it to her--and under the illusion of love, if she keeps herself 'starved' for his love, she won't be disappointed by his love--she'll just want it more.
I would like to add one thing. What's with all the little boys? Couldn't they get grown ups to do it? I guess it's suposed to be sweet, but it's a little disconcerting, seeing all those boys dancing around her. LOL.
in the song it sais, i thought it was a man but it was just a little boy, she means, he didnt understand her and he was imature. cous she also sais, i said honey i dont feel so good, dont feel justified, come on put a little love into my void, he said its all in your haid, i said so is everything but he didnt get it (and this is the part she sais) i thought he was a man but he was just a little boy. lol. so thats why thers a ton of kids around.
in the song it sais, i thought it was a man but it was just a little boy, she means, he didnt understand her and he was imature. cous she also sais, i said honey i dont feel so good, dont feel justified, come on put a little love into my void, he said its all in your haid, i said so is everything but he didnt get it (and this is the part she sais) i thought he was a man but he was just a little boy. lol. so thats why thers a ton of kids around.
I liked the video. It was a nice change from, "I'm so skinny, and pale, and angry, I just need to....grrrr....to take my clothes off...." LOL. I love this song, one of my favs to sing kareoke. And I love Miss. Apple in general. ^.^
I understand that interpretation, but I think that, in this case, it's much more straightforward than that. I think she's simply stating that love is too hard, and it's earier to refuse love altogether. I think that "starving" in this case refers to the deprivation of love...not the deprivation of food.
Although Fiona Apple did struggle with an eating disorder, this song I believe is more about how she wants a relationship with a certain man, and thought she could. However, it turned out that 'she knew she was a mess he don't want to clean up' meaning whomever she was seeking couldn't handle her problems. It cost too much to love.
the "mess he don't wanna clean up" and "hands are too shaky to hold" speak to me much louder than the hunger hurts parts for some reason... they illustrate a lack of confidence being the problem more than the will of "starvation"...
She's talking about starving herself from love...not food. The cost of love is not weight gain, it's heart break. Yes, she had experience with ED, but that's not the explanation for this song. If you've ever had heart break, it'd be perfectly understandable, starving yourself from love to avoid the pain.
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Okay seriously guys. She's using her experience with and ED to explain a problem with a guy. So this song can be related to by people with EDs, or just people with love problems.
All this banter over what the song is about seems kind of irrelevant. I always thought music was meant to cross boundaries and have different meanings depending on the listener. Like NIN's first album, whether some of the songs were about sex or crack addiction. Or 'white rabbit' by Jefferson airplane - drugs or war. A lot of Queen's songs, whether they're about aids or struggles with fame.. etc.
Take from the song what you feel it reflects in ..you..
"All this banter.......irrelevant. I always thought music was meant to cross boundaries and have different meanings depending on the listener..."
Yes and no...crossing boundaries and having different meanings to different people, yes. Banter being kind of irrelevant?? Surely not!? Aren't individuals expressing their own points of view and exchanging ideas (whether evoked by music or not) a major reason/pastime (< th@'s for another discussion lol) for existence!?
"Take from the song what you feel it reflects in ..you.." Absolutely, then why not go further and share th@? Ah...maybe it's the 'my interpret@ion is the one and only right one' @titude of some th@ you're referring to?
This is a ridiculous argument, so why don't we clear it up?
This song is about a boy. She is saying "Hunger hurts but starving works" and such because she's using an eating disorder as a metaphor to emphasize how she feels about the situation. Just like in English class.
Conclusion: she's smarter than all of you.
Oh, an also, there are websites to meet and talk about your terrible eating disorder. Youtube isn't one of them. No one here cares about your struggles. Go eat a sandwich.
so much soul its beautiful and inspiring
youjeff92 2 weeks ago
whenever i listen to this song, it makes me feel im taking a walk at twilight in winter.
Thank you fiona for making such a beautiful song.
cheeky0209 1 year ago
You know, I think this is the only video I've ever seen where the dancers made sense to me. It's awesome-- a bunch of little boys dressed like men, shaking hands and skipping around.
CatAtomic99 2 years ago 7
LOVE her voice!!! XO
lovingCOWS 2 years ago
I love her.
27Nadz 2 years ago 3
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never gets old!
mikhailangelo14 2 years ago
Great song.
ElliotWoolf 2 years ago 3
hmm, i think i'm the only guy that listens to this song...ha
SpecialBlend55 2 years ago 9
No, I do too.
MorrisseyOner 2 years ago
"he said its all in ur head and i said sos everything but he didnt get it"
isnt that always the case?
chaozchild 2 years ago 10
i dont get it :(
Nay1915 2 years ago
Me too.
Readioheed 2 years ago
She is so lovely..I love this song!<3
xxxbabyxxx666 2 years ago 4
damn i lost my paper bag
69burns94 2 years ago
the first time i heard this song i started crying because of how amazingly it did and stil does apply to my life. i still cant listen to this song without my eyes watering a litle
hunger hurts but starving works when love costs to much
<3
EllowyneWilde 2 years ago 5
hunger hurts but starving works when it costs too much to love..... thats sublimely deep... this song is so well put together..love it
raztis1 2 years ago 9
I can't believe this woman, who has written so many beautiful songs that are so wonderfully human, and served as a positive role model for so any people, can also dance and look great in a musical-style music video. I'm so impressed! I looooove this video.
sirormadame 2 years ago 4
honey I DON'T FEEL SO GOD , DON'T feel justified, come on put a little love here in my void!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he said " it's all in your head"and i said, so's everything, but he didn't get it....
you A____ never NEVER GET IT! ¬¬
damareavi 2 years ago 10
Actually, I've never got that line. It always confuses me. If someone could explain it I'd love you forever ... Okay not really but I'd think of you when I heard the line.:)
razycrandomgirl 2 years ago
In love with this song. Wonderful amazing video for it.
misserinmarie 2 years ago 4
i love how shes wearing red
glamourkillsbabyx 2 years ago 2
i love the concept of her leaving the hotel as a part of leaving a certain chapter of your life behind and with that sad smile... still being ok with it.
alineunderpressure 2 years ago 2
i love fiona, and her music rocks! I especially love this song, and most of her videos... but this video... great song, but this music video is just terrible and i'm sorry but she is devoid of any feeling throughout the whole thing...
Jade1003 2 years ago
i love her
ndcdance 2 years ago 4
this is so good it is ridiculous.
cm175240 2 years ago 7
Fiona was raped outside her apartment when she was just 12. Fiona continues to have nightmares about her rape and for years afterwards, would frequently check closets to see if her rapist was hiding behide it. She later developed an ED
LeyyyBear 2 years ago
She said
"I definitely had an eating disorder. What was really frustrating for me was that everyone though I was anorexic, and I wasn't. I was really depressed and self-loathing. For me, it wasn't about being thin, it was about getting rid of the bait attached to my body. A lot of it came from the self-loathing that came from being raped at the point of developing my voluptuousness..
LeyyyBear 2 years ago
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my 14 year old friend actually does this song sooo much better and also plays the piano herself
shepardscane 2 years ago
know just how she feels
VampyrQueen 2 years ago 2
this looks like the hotel from The Shining
mollyglory 2 years ago
I agree with ya, i imagined the hotel like that
alyrababy 2 years ago
I love this so much I had my prom dress tailored after the one she's wearing here :D
kashmir87 2 years ago 3
Vice president Taggart Transcontinental
JediSaints 3 years ago
no way! They used to play music on MTV??
reginaholic 3 years ago 13
Lol I know right, seems like ancient times when they did that.
vonfandango 3 years ago
lol
TheBrazilianFreak 2 years ago
LOL.
Love this song.
MaryAuksi 2 years ago 3
I love this song...but can someone tell me exactly what the meaning to the song is?
Kodabear0711 3 years ago
from what i gather......it's about unrequited love for someone who doesnt take her seriously and is just playing with her mind......is not man enough to take on her craziness she has to try to restrain herself from loving him......i love this song too
pdtena 3 years ago 3
Thanks! I appreciate you replying to me :)
Kodabear0711 3 years ago 3
"I was having a sweet fix of a daydream of a boy, whose reality I knew was a hopeless to be had."
That's the key lyrics here, I think. The guy's married, taken, gay, something... and it's kind of clear between them that nothing will happen, BUT... hunger hurts :)
jorgecinophineas 3 years ago
Thanks...you made it make a lot more sense =)
Kodabear0711 3 years ago
No. Its not that he's taken or gay or anything like that. He just doesn't get her. The boy will never be a right fit for her and she knows this but she still loves him and that's why she must try to forget him, even though it hurts so much.
ateneagarza 2 years ago 15
you're a genius
callog26 2 years ago
hunger hurts!! :)
TheBrazilianFreak 2 years ago
I think it is about eating disorders... thats how i relate to it.
Donkeystits 3 years ago
haha! nothing like literal readings!
jorgecinophineas 2 years ago 2
Go paper bags, plastic sux.
bagworldshow 3 years ago 2
sharp :)
notacoolname0 3 years ago
i love her face at 2:27, just a little smile. thanks for being brave enough to write this song, miss fiona. :D
GrayLeopard379 3 years ago 4
I'm always surprised that she did this video! But also always glad that she did!
Angst on, Fiona. ♥
PteradactylKat 3 years ago 4
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dashing4daexit 3 years ago
wow my names fiona haha thats cool :)
girlslikeboys27 3 years ago
your name is fiona, awesome! are you as talented as she is?
vonfandango 3 years ago 4
girllikeboys27 makes a happy comment about her name being the same as fionna. vonfandango immediately feels compelled to squash her like a bug. what a vicious human being you are. A lot of hostility you are carrying inside there fandango. Oh, by the way, don't bother spitting some venom my way, i was raised by nuns and catholic priests.
internet1965 3 years ago
I was giving her a compliment. I have no ill will towards anyone. Why would I make fun of her when I like this song, please use your brain. and you seem a little angry even though raised by nuns and catholics, shame on you :(
vonfandango 3 years ago
You do realize I was giving you praise right?
vonfandango 3 years ago
This is a great song and I love the video, so original! Glad to see fiona isn't too crazy anymore, good job!
vonfandango 3 years ago
he said it's all in your head. and i said, so is everything, but he didn't get it.
letsberunts 3 years ago 2
that's deep...
mrclockdoesntrock 3 years ago
this song always makes me feel better when I'm having one of those down days.
asmallrock 3 years ago
"i know im a mess you don't wanna clean up..."
comico19 3 years ago 6
If they don't care enough to help you at your worst, then they don't deserve you at your best, hun. <3
xxIreneCaffeine 3 years ago 4
thank you! that me feel a whole hell of a lot better right now
: ))
krystalstarr01 3 years ago 3
I'm so glad I said the right thing for someone out there. You made me feel SO good just now, too. It cheered me up to hear that I helped someone, so thank YOU for that. :)
Smile. And then, don't stop. Okay?
xxIreneCaffeine 3 years ago
thats the most over used quote ive heard.. right out of a fortune cookie..."f they don't care enough to help you at your worst, then they don't deserve you at your best"..OVERUSED
SaUcEiTuPbItCh 3 years ago
I never read that anywhere, just came up with it off of the top of my head. Good quotes get spread around because they make sense and cheer you up. :)
If you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all!
xxIreneCaffeine 3 years ago
ANY WAYS... iver heard it before so that doesnt make it original.. there is no way you can come up with that on your own. but yeah... it does kind of cher you up
SaUcEiTuPbItCh 3 years ago
Well, smart minds think alike. It does cheer you up, which is why it's been said in the past. No reason to go raining on someone else's parade. I'm sorry you were in a bad mood or felt the need to bring someone down. Keep smiling! :D
xxIreneCaffeine 3 years ago
your right.. i was in a bad mood come to think about it.. thanx
SaUcEiTuPbItCh 3 years ago
It came off the top of Marilyn Monroe's head actually.
KiwiManoCornuta 3 years ago
wel im never really into this type of music but this is such a great song, and makes me feel better about stuff some how
holly3371 3 years ago 4
god this is a good song i can't believe i've not heard it before
jonxjquee 3 years ago 3
this is a really great song no matter what its about and it has a really good message that can be interpreted in different ways
shwp123 3 years ago
So true...
Claz16 3 years ago
not to be (too) rude, but please, can't you people just appreciate how cool this video is and not bitch about eating crap!
really now, if you are pro ana, more power to ya, but damn, i just like the song, maybe it's related but really now, there's a time and a place for all the ravings,
so, how talented is this director no? i love it
krystalstarr01 3 years ago 5
ahahaha thank goodness someone here is sane.
bluestew2u 3 years ago
sane? me? lol! thank you!
krystalstarr01 3 years ago
And if you notice at the end of the video a little boy gives her the suitcase, which is probably her "emotional baggage"/ the mess he doesnt wanna clean up.
zhemii 3 years ago 4
That was really perceptive of you. Nicely observed, I didn't even think anything of that! :)
xxIreneCaffeine 3 years ago
pro ana!!
liveurlife180 3 years ago
pro anal!
toasterdevil 3 years ago
PRO ANA
ambershonts 3 years ago
LOL... pro anal!!
mabeliita 3 years ago
hmm.. i wonder what's so funny about it..
or did i understand this comment the wrong way?
barelysufficient 3 years ago
Ohh, I was just replying to someone else´s comment...
mabeliita 3 years ago
@mabeliita
ok- i'm sorry.
best wishes
barelysufficient 3 years ago
I don't think it's pro ana, I think that it's just showing her feelings and what she was going through at the time it was written.
Starving yourself is no way to lead your life.
Althalus212 3 years ago 3
does she still make music?
beyerprep 3 years ago
No she retired sometime this year and is putting her efforts to some free range animal farm in LA
Avgguy83 3 years ago
:[ What? Where did you get this info...
rupeylover173 3 years ago
i love how she compares one-way love to anorexia. i've struggled with an eating disorder all my 24 years it seems...
nobody knows how you view the world through your distorted emotions unless they've been there. and she's been there! she articulates it so well it makes me envious of her elequant giftedness.
danihotrail 3 years ago 6
how can you say struggled with an eating dissordeR? i love mine... my anorexia is my best friend
EverInsane 3 years ago
when i say i "struggled" i meant that once my kidneys failed and i broke a rib when i sneezed not to mention my hair falling out, it wasn't so GLAMOUROUS anymore.
danihotrail 3 years ago 5
uhm, cool?
bluestew2u 3 years ago
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by anorexia, do you really mean anor-SEX-ia?
funkymusicluvr 3 years ago
"hunger hurts,but starving works" .....to true
AshD224 3 years ago 3
It's about love *and* anorexia - and this reinforces the fact that people often literally starve themselves when starved for love. Someone of Fiona's abilities isn't going to completely disregard the literal sense of her lyrics.
Almost the entire song is structured to be meaningful from either interpretation:
Shaking hands (physical effects of malnutrition, psychological effect of unrequited love)
Void (in the stomach, in the heart)
Lastly, they're in a diner without food!
evaniax 3 years ago 22
I agree with your analysis, very impressive :D
bobbleheadedbudgie 3 years ago
i thought this song is about disappointment. which is why she says "a dove of hope began it's downward slope. i thought it was a bird but it was just a paper bag". she thought she found her dream man but he was "just a little boy"
gotbumbum 3 years ago 2
maybe it's bulima...like she's throwing up in a paper bag...
toasterdevil 3 years ago
I love this song! The little boys are so cute, and such good dancers!
clarinda101 3 years ago
Wow,
this delivers a brilliant
enthusiastic message.
applesareace 3 years ago
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WOW her ttits are reALLY nice! just like mine! 3
bogoesthere 3 years ago
this song makes me feel strong in my weak times *keep at it and go for the goal*
demanchild89 3 years ago 3
i luv this song...
be strong
Lokiss91 3 years ago 2
Starving works no matter how much it hurts!!
pneumonotramicro 3 years ago 5
Great Song
:]
rachollywood 3 years ago
Music is your own experience. ;)
thatladylike 3 years ago 2
I agree with rjshort2004.
Just listen and enjoy the song.
bluestew2u 3 years ago
i heart.. this song. Aw it REALLY captures my mood..ya know? Dunno, I think the lyrics are really good.
PunkyStarfish01 3 years ago
and sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. don't over analyize it.
rjshort2004 3 years ago
i think it has a duel meaning, hunger from love but it can also represent those with eating disorders
i get that the actuall meaning is probably the love thing but i dont think that any one should be criticized for taking the song and taking from it what they want.
what i mean to say is everyone interprets art, songs ect in their own way, wether or not that was the way the artists originally intended so no one can be right or wrong here its about personal opinion.
good song
DanceKendraDance 3 years ago 3
Amen Sister
pexnut 3 years ago
all art is self portraiture including the written(sung,is that a word,)word.
but all art is filtered through our filters of our pyche - so is there true art? - how could you ever know.
though there may be a message in the song that fiona wanted to convey there is enough abstract to allow us to attach personel meaning too it. very well produced song which envokes emotion in me both positive and negative but both i enjoy its good to feel
gunshottulip 3 years ago
Hey, you guys, that 2009jakali is a crazy, crazy person. They messaged me on youtube and said I was insulting them--and that I was an idiot or something for being so rude on the internet. So, for the love of God, if you want to keep your sanity, do NOT give him/her intelligible interpretations to a song. RTarg.
ellipsoidalism 3 years ago
Is this a Pro-Ana song???
OscuroSer 3 years ago
Nah. Not really. Read my interpretation down below.
ellipsoidalism 3 years ago
I LOVE this song,
it's AMAZING.=P
GinaLadiee 3 years ago
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this song makes me feel depresed, like, its meant for anorexics, not that i am one but anyway. i still like it.
2009jakali 3 years ago
It's not about anorexia. Jeez. "Hunger hurts, but starving works"--she's referring to the man who won't give her love. She's 'hungry' for his love--but he won't give it to her--and under the illusion of love, if she keeps herself 'starved' for his love, she won't be disappointed by his love--she'll just want it more.
rTarg.
ellipsoidalism 3 years ago 2
Fiona Apple reminds me of the girl in Meet Joe Black... forgot her name.
LacrymalNirvana 3 years ago
Clair Forlani
abigail1403 3 years ago
Love this song
mcrXninjaXyo 3 years ago 2
She is gorgeous. Amazing eyes. Love this song. :)
BlackImpala13 3 years ago
I would like to add one thing. What's with all the little boys? Couldn't they get grown ups to do it? I guess it's suposed to be sweet, but it's a little disconcerting, seeing all those boys dancing around her. LOL.
hotforteacher24 3 years ago
I thought he was a man but he was just a little boy.
LacrymalNirvana 3 years ago
plus they make her look taller lol
gunshottulip 3 years ago
nope its just cos the boys are quite short makes her look huge lol.
PunkyStarfish01 3 years ago
in the song it sais, i thought it was a man but it was just a little boy, she means, he didnt understand her and he was imature. cous she also sais, i said honey i dont feel so good, dont feel justified, come on put a little love into my void, he said its all in your haid, i said so is everything but he didnt get it (and this is the part she sais) i thought he was a man but he was just a little boy. lol. so thats why thers a ton of kids around.
2009jakali 3 years ago
in the song it sais, i thought it was a man but it was just a little boy, she means, he didnt understand her and he was imature. cous she also sais, i said honey i dont feel so good, dont feel justified, come on put a little love into my void, he said its all in your haid, i said so is everything but he didnt get it (and this is the part she sais) i thought he was a man but he was just a little boy. lol. so thats why thers a ton of kids around.
2009jakali 3 years ago
I liked the video. It was a nice change from, "I'm so skinny, and pale, and angry, I just need to....grrrr....to take my clothes off...." LOL. I love this song, one of my favs to sing kareoke. And I love Miss. Apple in general. ^.^
hotforteacher24 3 years ago 3
Nice feel-good video. I admire Paul's works, and Apple has a great voice.
cinefilo14 3 years ago 2
oh how beautiful miss apple is
vrutub 3 years ago
i got it as hunger for him hurts so she starves herself to feel better about herself. it's an ED thing where you dont eat when your stressed
MCR777greenday 3 years ago
I understand that interpretation, but I think that, in this case, it's much more straightforward than that. I think she's simply stating that love is too hard, and it's earier to refuse love altogether. I think that "starving" in this case refers to the deprivation of love...not the deprivation of food.
brennafizz83 3 years ago
anyone have any idea who this was directed by?
dgabriel 3 years ago
by Paul Thomas Anderson (director of Magnolia) who used to be his boyfriend
leJOKER 3 years ago
Don't you mean HER boyfriend, unless I'm missing something here? :D
AcademyAwardsGirl 3 years ago
ooops ^^
(her BF of course !)
leJOKER 3 years ago
I am addicted to this song.
bluestew2u 3 years ago 6
so do I...
how its possible fiona's lyrics are so close to my life?!
vauquer 3 years ago 3
It just fits so well with the song. :)
VictorianRomantic 3 years ago 2
I love this music video so much.
The little boys are so adorable. xD
I love the choreography and I just love the theme of all these boys who seem like "men" at first.
VictorianRomantic 3 years ago 2
Awesome song! She's talented and the rest is sheet!
jnthnedrd 3 years ago
my kind of apple! ^-^
uttari 3 years ago
Although Fiona Apple did struggle with an eating disorder, this song I believe is more about how she wants a relationship with a certain man, and thought she could. However, it turned out that 'she knew she was a mess he don't want to clean up' meaning whomever she was seeking couldn't handle her problems. It cost too much to love.
Awesome131 3 years ago 2
jes but she also said
hunger hurts,starving works
so it goes over both - the lover and the eating disorder
Evadierick 3 years ago
i got it as hunger for him hurts so she starves herself to feel better about herself. it's an ED thing where you dont eat when your stressed
MCR777greenday 3 years ago
U guys are idiots
shes hungry to be a pokemon master
qbkilla77 3 years ago 11
No, no, there is no evidence to support that theory!
xtehsex 3 years ago
Obviously.
bmbmjm 3 years ago
the "mess he don't wanna clean up" and "hands are too shaky to hold" speak to me much louder than the hunger hurts parts for some reason... they illustrate a lack of confidence being the problem more than the will of "starvation"...
Jonimhoff 3 years ago 3
She's talking about starving herself from love...not food. The cost of love is not weight gain, it's heart break. Yes, she had experience with ED, but that's not the explanation for this song. If you've ever had heart break, it'd be perfectly understandable, starving yourself from love to avoid the pain.
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sonicapple 3 years ago
Okay seriously guys. She's using her experience with and ED to explain a problem with a guy. So this song can be related to by people with EDs, or just people with love problems.
Aliminoo 3 years ago 8
What's ED?
uogivibssim 3 years ago
Eating Disorder.
All this banter over what the song is about seems kind of irrelevant. I always thought music was meant to cross boundaries and have different meanings depending on the listener. Like NIN's first album, whether some of the songs were about sex or crack addiction. Or 'white rabbit' by Jefferson airplane - drugs or war. A lot of Queen's songs, whether they're about aids or struggles with fame.. etc.
Take from the song what you feel it reflects in ..you..
missunderestimated 3 years ago
missunderestimated
"All this banter.......irrelevant. I always thought music was meant to cross boundaries and have different meanings depending on the listener..."
Yes and no...crossing boundaries and having different meanings to different people, yes. Banter being kind of irrelevant?? Surely not!? Aren't individuals expressing their own points of view and exchanging ideas (whether evoked by music or not) a major reason/pastime (< th@'s for another discussion lol) for existence!?
cont...
ELGROOVER 3 years ago
..cont.
"Take from the song what you feel it reflects in ..you.." Absolutely, then why not go further and share th@? Ah...maybe it's the 'my interpret@ion is the one and only right one' @titude of some th@ you're referring to?
ELGROOVER 3 years ago
Wow. Just...wow. :)
nameofthepen 3 years ago 2
Nom - I like it. It's wh@ I'd enjoy when in the mood for some Sheryl Crow. Thanks for the share.
ELGROOVER 3 years ago
i love the lyrics and meaning behind this song
"hunger hurts and i want it so bad"
pnocente 3 years ago 3
This is an awesome song but even better video!
Kodabear0711 3 years ago 4
wow
gina888warhol1 3 years ago
I love her smile...there's so much going on behind it. Ugh...love her so much!
gombis666 3 years ago 2
shes short and those little boys a LITTLE disturbing
kk1o2 3 years ago
"he said it's all in your head and i said 'so's everything' but he didn't get it"
amwesome lyric
dennisinterrupted 3 years ago 4
fiona es una cantautora excelente!!
JAZZMINBELL 3 years ago
Damn! She is sexy!!
Snugasabug2 3 years ago
Love Fiona, love this song and love the Bugsy Malone feel to this video!
FromBothSidesNow 3 years ago 2
cool video!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SpicySwiz 3 years ago
shut your mouths
mojollikins 3 years ago 3
MMMM... sandwich!
hipporage18 3 years ago
This is a ridiculous argument, so why don't we clear it up?
This song is about a boy. She is saying "Hunger hurts but starving works" and such because she's using an eating disorder as a metaphor to emphasize how she feels about the situation. Just like in English class.
Conclusion: she's smarter than all of you.
Oh, an also, there are websites to meet and talk about your terrible eating disorder. Youtube isn't one of them. No one here cares about your struggles. Go eat a sandwich.
russianspoons 3 years ago 3
russianspoons
"...No one here cares about your struggles..."
You don't speak for me. Who do you think you are? Telling us what we can or can't talk about on YT.
Wh@ you say is a metaphor is a fair comment. As for your conclusion and 2nd paragraph...lighten up and go to:
/watch?v=p21nZmtq56M
Oh yea... nice song this :D
ELGROOVER 3 years ago
You know what? I think if you scold me some more, I might care some more about the terrible struggles of people I don't know.
Or maybe I'll remember that a lot of those are just pathetic cries for attention that no one should take seriously.
But maybe you should try scolding me again, that was good. Put me in my place and all. ten points to you.
russianspoons 3 years ago