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Originally posted by 1989
I don't get Pedophile
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As a young age (10 or 15, she mentions both ages) she was molested by an older man (we infer this with the lyrics 'suit' and 'beard'). She admits she was attracted but she knew deep down it was weird and wrong (her lyric: 'society would judge') and it also took her a while to get used to it. She also says people knew and kept saying things but her and the older man 'kept it down'.
Later on, song gets emotional. She realises it was ****ed up and she was possibly suicidal. ('God is the only man I need, until I get some therapy').
'Why me, why do I have to be the victim you picked?'
The lyric of the 'promise me you won't tell if I take you to the hotel' could emphasis how the older man is pleading her to keep this a secret (especially the repetition). He also says if I 'take you to the hotel' as if it's a treat for her -- but hotel has connotations with sex/intimacy -- so whatever she did, it always came down to his benefit.
Hope you understand!