Cat Power - Nude as the News Meaning

Nude as the News Lyrics
For the cute cute cute ones
And I saw your hand
With a loose grip
On a tight ship
I still have a flame gun
For the cute ones
To burn out all your tricks
And I saw your hand
With a loose grip
On a very tight ship
And I...
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Actually its "Jackson Jessie"which are the names of Patti smithe's sons(a strong musical influence for Ms Marshall and I'm sure someone she admires and values) maybe seeing the relationship between Ms Smithe and her sons, wondering what her relationship might have been with this child. Her pain is evident, cutting. This raw emotion and amazing talent together just explode. The greatest feat an artist can accomplish is to make another human being experience true emotion, I believe she has accomplished this like few have before. Genius!
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She's talking about an abortion that she had. She never got over it. I'm not sure exactly who Jackson is, maybe the father... But she says, "Jackson, just see, I'VE GOT A SON IN ME." When she says, "I saw your hand with a loose grip, on a tight ship," I picture probably the same thing she pictures was a boy trying to hold onto a ship, but falling deep into the ocean.
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