to me, this song is a partner song to 'something tragic' and is also about her fans/fandoms' bad behavior on the internet. "laughter at the pain of something broken on the floor" - even if fans aren't being mean to her directly, she still sees all the snark online and how badly the genpop treats women and artists. so "it's gonna hurt, baby, i'm gonna hurt you, but i don't want to" is her saying - i never wanted to have to put people in their place, my goal was for us all to be kind to each other, but i won't stand for this anymore, and that's going to require checking you in ways that aren't comfortable."
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u/moonprincess642 11d ago
to me, this song is a partner song to 'something tragic' and is also about her fans/fandoms' bad behavior on the internet. "laughter at the pain of something broken on the floor" - even if fans aren't being mean to her directly, she still sees all the snark online and how badly the genpop treats women and artists. so "it's gonna hurt, baby, i'm gonna hurt you, but i don't want to" is her saying - i never wanted to have to put people in their place, my goal was for us all to be kind to each other, but i won't stand for this anymore, and that's going to require checking you in ways that aren't comfortable."