Jane's Addiction: Jane Says Meaning
Jane Says Lyrics
I'm done with sergio
He treats me like a ragdoll
She hides
The television
Says 'i don't owe him nothing,
But if he comes back again
Tell him to wait right here for me or,
Try again tomorrow'
'I'm gonna kick tomorrow...'
'I'm...
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#1 top rated interpretation:Jane is definitely a heroin fiend. However, I my take is that Sergio is her pimp, not her dealer.
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#2 top rated interpretation:Here are the actual facts....1. jane is not NOW nor was she EVER a prostitute.
2. Sergio was her 18 year old Salvadorian boy friend who lived one street over..(not St. Andrews.) he did deal drugs though. He was also a bit of a control freak and was a little "hands on"
3. Jane just liked to wear wigs. end of story.
4. "she can't hit"....she really fucked up the veins in her arm. couldn't hit. Sometimes she'd eat it. freeze it and snort it...etc
5. She wanted to go live in Spain with her mom I think..she had moved there
6. "I don't like them anyway"....everyone else in the house she lived in who talked shit behind her back and voted her out.
7. SHE IS NOT NOW NOR HAS SHE EVER BEEN A HOOKER. She is also one of the sweetest, kindest most caring people I know. Fantastically intelligent, funny and loving. -
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#3 top rated interpretation:Jane says
I'm done with sergio
//hes her drug dealer
He treats me like a ragdoll
She hides
The television
Says "I don't owe him nothing,
//she owes him 4 herion
But if he comes back again
Tell him to wait right here for me or,
Try again tomorrow"
//she wants him to weight so she can by more
"I'm gonna kick tomorrow..."
"I'm gonna kick tomorrow..."
// shell quit tomrow
Jane says
"Have you seen my wig around?
I feel naked without it"
She knows
They all want her to go
//janes addiction got there name they was all staying in a house and there was a herion addict living there so everythime something went wrong like the tv came up missing they would blame it on janes addiction
But that's ok man
She don't like them anyway
Jane says
"I'm going away to spain when I get my money saved
I'm gonna start tomorrow"
//she says shell start tomrow but don't she's to busy by herion and says shell stop that tomrow
"I'm gonna kick tomorrow..."
"I'm gonna kick tomorrow..."
She gets mad
And she starts to cry
Takes a swing but she can't hit!
She don't mean no harm
She just don't know...
What else to do about it
Jane goes
To the store at eight
She walks up on st. andrews
//LA and a bunch of druys hang out there
She waits
And gets her dinner there
She pulls her dinner
From her pocket
//her dinner is herion
Jane says
"I've never been in love - no"
She don't know what it is
She only knows if someone wants her
"I only want 'em if they want me,..."
"I only know they want me..."
// when your on herion your emotions are fucked up and she's never felt love b/c of it
Jane says...
Jane says… -
It's quite simple....Jane most likely an abused daughter from a broken marriage... depression is a root psychological disorders that many of us escape by self medicating....the thought process can go so many directions....from being an sexually abused child n learned to live the only way she knew , to being a cancer patient of whom took chemo , lost her hair n wore a wig n all the people around her supposed friends n family put her down so when she would get mad ...pull from every muscle of her body n all of her strength...yet she can't hit ...but furiously tries ... tomorrow repeatedly tomorrow never comes...Spain the geographical change ...
Yes it works.................
Depression, frustration, anger, madness ...all that derived from violence , physical , sexual ...she basically grew older in body and age yet remained locked in her mind of the past ...
N yes addiction is her best friend...never been in love..she dreams a fairy tale romance all ends happily ever after....she only knows when someone wants her ... because she only pays attention to anyone who actually shows interest in her ..no matter what the interests are ... because they want her ...she responds wholly and completely to that someone..reaching out for help ....yet most in this situation are either passed away or still searching.. -
Jane says
I’m done with Sergio
He treat me like a rag-doll
// Her boyfriend and heroin dealer is abusive.
She hides
The television
// So he won't take it to pay her debt.
Says “I don’t owe him nothing,
But if he comes back again
Tell him to wait right here for me
// she just wants to keep her television.
Or,
Try again tomorrow”
// she's going to pay up tomorrow... somehow.
I’m gonna kick tomorrow…
I’m gonna kick tomorrow…
// resolves to quit heroin tomorrow.
She get mad
Starts to cry
Take a swing man
// get into a fight with a roommate
She can’t hit!
// but she's too high or unskilled to do hurt anyone.
She don’t mean no harm
She just don’t know… (don’t know, don’t know)
What else to do about it
// she doesn't want to fight, but she's just mad and flailing.
Jane says
Have you seen my wig around?
I feel naked without it”
// Jane can feel like someone else other than herself when she dresses differently for the LA music scene.
She knows
They all want her to go
// she knows she's hot
That’s ok man
She don’t like them anyway
// but she doesn't like the men.
Jane says she’s going away to Spain
When she gets her money saved
She’s gonna start tomorrow
// she's still got dreams even as an addict.
I’m gonna kick tomorrow…
Gonna kick tomorrow…
// resolves to quit heroin.
Jane goes
To the store at 8:00
She walks up on St. Andrew’s
// a real apartment complex in LA
She waits and gets her dinner there
She pulls her dinner from her pocket
// she got paid, somehow, though the real Jane said she never prostituted herself.
Jane says she’s never been in love – no
She don’t know what it is
Only knows if someone wants her
I want them if they want me
I only know they want me…
She get mad
And starts to cry
Take a swing man
She can’t hit!
She don’t mean no harm
She just don’t know… (don’t know, don’t know)
What else to do about it
Jane says…
Jane says…
Nothing’s Shocking Version
Jane says
I’m done with Sergio
He treats me like a rag-doll
She hides
The television
Says “I don’t owe him nothing,
But if he comes back again
Tell him to wait right here for me
Or,
Try again tomorrow”
“I’m gonna kick tomorrow…”
“I’m gonna kick tomorrow…”
Jane says
Have you seen my wig around?
I feel naked without it”
She knows
They all want her to go
But that’s OK man
She don’t like them anyway
Jane says “I’m going away to Spain
When
I get my money saved,
Gonna start tomorrow”
“I’m gonna kick tomorrow…”
“I’m gonna kick tomorrow…”
She gets mad
And she starts to cry
She takes a swing man, but
She can’t hit!
She don’t mean no harm
She just don’t know… (don’t know, don’t know)
What else to do about it
Jane goes
To the store at eight
She walks up on St. Andrew
She waits
And gets her dinner there
She pulls her dinner
From her pocket
Jane says “I’ve never been in love – no
I don’t know what it is”
She only knows if someone wants her
“I want ’em if they want me…”
“I only know they want me…”
She gets mad
And she starts to cry
She takes a swing man, but
She can’t hit!
She don’t mean no harm
She just don’t know… (don’t know, don’t know)
What else to do about it
Jane says…
Jane says…
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As a recovering heroin addict, we always said this was the heroin addicts’ anthem. It’s pretty clear Jane was in active addiction at the time. I will not use the term junkie because I was one and hated when people called me out on it basically because they were speaking the truth and that terrified me. Of course this was over 20 years ago but when I hear this song it brings me right back. Not saying that is a bad thing because as I hated my life, pissed at my parents for even having me, it is what made me the person I am today and struggles are what mold us to build strength, character, and better morals. I absolutely believe I would not have remotely the same personality I have now if I didn’t go through what I did and I’m thankful for that. I see my judgmental family with their vain egos and pity them and hate how close minded they are. I view life in a completely and totally different way then they do and I would hate to see only the ugly in people but I only look for the good even if I have to look very hard. It’s always there and the bad that has completely covered the good is only there for a reason and I would not understand what, where, or why they became that way but it wasn’t because they had a glamours life. True there are just plain evil people in the world but the way my family is, they look at a person’s appearance and are judged immediately and do not go beyond that. Wouldn’t life suck living that way?
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have you seen my wig around
jewish women wear wigs. not that jane is jewish. no more interpretations on this song from me. i enjoy it too much. thanks guys -
Sergio? Dealer or drug?
Hides the tv. From herself?
Wig around? The hats/ domesticated roles that we all wear
Spain with $ saved- geographical cure (fantasy- in active addiction)
Mad & cry- frustrations of being stuck in cycle of
Doesn't
Store at eight woke up on st Andre
Had to go meet the dealer & "came to" just to get her dinner (fix) again
Don't mean no harm- doesn't know how to escape it. Not a bad person getting good. A sick person needing to get well.
Peace be with you Jane! -
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Jane Bainter, the Jane of the song and band name was an addict who roomed with Perry. Sergio was not a pimp but a young man she dated who abused her. It was one of those co-dependent relationships junkies form.
Perry denies much but Dave Navarro says she is the muse behind the song and band. Perry does so because lawyers say so, she could get royalties otherwise. Bainter's photo appeared on the insert of the vinyl version of the first Jane's album, and on thousands of posters that appeared all over the world. By day, she'd put on a sensible suit firm in Century City. At night she'd put on a wig and wade into L.A.'s music subculture. And she was nearly always high.
She was never a hooker and the She can't hit line is not about damaged veins, she would really swing on people when high. The link is to a pic of what she looked like when the band formed. I think she is a mother and accountant today.
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I read that Jane actually worked at a bank and had a great job (I can't honestly remember but she wasn't just a teller either), but blew it all away on her "addiction".
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Simple, someone who has some kind of power over another person.
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sergio is her pimp shes a whore the wig is a wig she would wear on the job and she feels naked without it because shes on the streets so much shes more used to wearing it than not wearing it. tragic.
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Sergio is her pimp she is the submissive only wants him cause he gives her drugs
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Sergio is her dealer. She fucks him for drugs. but she hasnt fucked him in while - owes him. hides the tv she don't owe him. She has fucked him but knows bastard will take her tv. hates him but wants her fix so says tell him wait for her if he comes around. heroin, coke, whatever her addiction is. She wants go away to spain - start her life over. going kick tomorrow - promise to herself she is done with her addiction. dinner in her pocket is a bag of whatever her addiction is. She never had love and is confuses if love is feeling good, then love is that bag in her pocket.....
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Never could quite figure out if Sergio is her pimp or drug dealer. I lean towards pimp just because she talks about only knowing if someone wants her, i.e. being a prostitute. Either way 'Jane' is definitely a heroin addict. Great song.
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