Although the entire album’s subject matter fits entirely within the plot line of the of the comic series accompanying the music, there exists a not entirely implausible reading of this project which suggests this album (at least, in part) is a response to the events surrounding Lights' former manager, JIan Ghomeshi; specifically addressing the fallout from the very publicized legal and public trial he underwent between 2014 and 2016.

This song in particular (more so than other tracks on the album which may be possibly addressing the same subject matter) seems to make this interpretation that much more probable given the lyrics, and the fact that, as an artist, omitting such a chaotic experience from her life from her art seems unlikely, especially since she has admitted that when crafting an album:

you’re expected to pour your heart out and talk about things that are really deep and emotional. I came up with this story to go in with, so that I could shunt all of my personal topics onto a character. I felt this freedom channeling through En, the main character, and suddenly I was able to write about things I never wrote about before. I developed really amazing creative relationships that way.

For example, in the opening verse, Lights refers to the subject to whom the song is addressed as “a big city…[she] got lost in.” As a small–town girl from the small rural town of Timmins, Ontario trying to make it in the music industry of Canada’s largest city as a teenager, Ghomeshi, as the agent who discovered her, may have provided that stability to assuage any fears she had. She would go on to describe him years later as a “long standing friend and creative confidant…since I was basically a fetus.” She even cast him as the astronaut in one of her music videos and they went to do charity work together in the Philippines and various awards shows together.

When Ghomeshi tried to preemptively respond to claims that he had mistreated various women in October of 2014, (in which he notified the world of his sexual preferences in the bedroom as well as his employer’s decision to fire him) Lights was in the middle of her Little Machines Tour. In (her words) rush “to defend my manager of 12 years,” she took to Facebook to voice her support in defence of Jian, despite the numerous allegations that were made against him, posting :

In my twelve years of working with and knowing Jian Ghomeshi, he has not only been a brilliant manager to my career, but a creative confidant, wise advisor and dear friend. He is passionate, sensitive, as bright as they come, has incredible drive and vision, and is the hardest working man I know. A complete gentleman. Jian is not an example of someone who is abusive or misogynistic, in fact, he has always preached to the empowerment and limitless strength of women to me. I am who I am, with the strength that I have, largely due to his guidance. It is not my business or anyone else’s what someone does in their private time and it’s unfair that his is being broadcast to the world. For shame. I am angry that CBC (Ghomeshi’s employer) made the decision they did and I believe it to be a great mistake. I am angry that some are so quick to judge someone so graceful and brilliant who has made such an impact in my life, and in the lives of many others. I love you, Jian. You’re my super hero.

Her response immediately garnered a heap of backlash from the public and from people supporting Ghomeshi’s accusers, leading her to delete the post and subsequently post and apology, claiming that:

I am now aware that my comments appear insensitive to those impacted and for that I am deeply sorry. This is to confirm that as of now I will be parting ways with Jian Ghomeshi as my manager. I hope everyone can heal from this.

Although Ghomeshi was eventually acquitted by the courts, his verdict in the court of public opinion relegated him to a social pariah, this whole affair seems to, nevertheless, bleed out in the lyrics to this of this song. For instance, the lines in the pre–chorus and chorus, “I was unprepared that when your bombs went off they would come down on us. I was a knife in a gunfight (with a blindside) and I fought so madly,” could be referencing the fact that her quick defence of her manager quickly turned out to be futile since there was already so much public sentiment against him and she was unaware of this side of Ghomeshi’s personal life. This is further echoed in the second verse where she laments the destruction of the image she had of him (as outlined in her previous defence of him) a “feminist,” as someone who she “thought” was “showing all [his] colours.” This also explains why the revelations might have “hurt so badly.”

Ultimately, the underlying sentiment of this song maybe the fact that she realizes (possibly in retrospect) that she may have fallen for, and is contemplating the fact that she may have been. just another one of his victims, now content in the bittersweet knowledge that she “never let [him] sink his teeth in.” And despite Lights clear uncomfortableness talking about her relationship with Ghomeshi now, it seems that this song is a cathartic way to come to terms with what transpired without the scrutiny she faced when she initially came to the defence of her one–time pal.