Song lyrics that make one go, Hmmmmmm?

[Bretrick]

How many of us pay attention to song lyrics? Most of us I suppose.
Alice Cooper released a song in 1975 titled,
"Only Women Bleed"
It does not get a lot of air play because of the mistaken belief that it is referring to Women's, That time of the Month.
It is in fact about a woman in an abusive relationship.

Man got his woman to take his seed
He got the power, She got the need
She spends her life through pleasing up her man
she feeds him dinner or anything she can
She cries alone at night too often
he smokes and drinks and don't come home at all
Black eyes all of the time
don't spend a dime clean up this grime
And you there down on your knees
begging me please come watch me bleed.

When I try to interpret the lyrics, was Mr Cooper writing about the frailty of women?
Or the strength of Women ?
The song evokes empathy from me by highlighting the pain and suffering some Women face throughout their lives.
Alice Cooper - Only Women Bleed

 

[IrishEyes]

Those lyrics to me suggest women bleed more than what people thought this was about.
When they live in an abusive relationship, it strips away (makes them bleed) their self-worth,
their faith, their ability to think for themselves, their dreams and has them living off an emotional
fear based life "how can I please him today", will it anger him if I do/don't do this or that. She bleeds
her inner self dry and becomes a shell of who she was.
That is how I take those lyrics.

 

[Bretrick]

Those lyrics to me suggest women bleed more than what people thought this was about.
When they live in an abusive relationship, it strips away (makes them bleed) their self-worth,
their faith, their ability to think for themselves, their dreams and has them living off an emotional
fear based life "how can I please him today", will it anger him if I do/don't do this or that. She bleeds
her inner self dry and becomes a shell of who she was.
That is how I take those lyrics.

That is the meaning of the song.
When released many women thought is was degrading to women when in fact it was putting out there all the hassles women have to go through just to get through life.