This song is quite obviously about the rape of a prostitute. I'm a little shocked that the other commentators didn't pick up on this. The woman here is trying to report a rape, and instead the police are hassling her about being a prostitute. On the interrogation table lies "two ziploc baggies containing her eyes and her smile" referring to makeup she wears as part of her job, which is now to be used by the police as evidence against her.
Then you have these lines: "meanwhile anguish was fingering solace, in another room down the hall; both were love's accomplices, but solace took the fall" - in other words, both the woman and her rapist were "love's accomplices" (they both participated in this illegal act), but it is solace who takes the fall, meaning that both the woman and her peace of mind are being sacrificed in the name of justice while the real criminal, the rapist, is getting off because the police believe she got what she deserved.
This song is quite obviously about the rape of a prostitute. I'm a little shocked that the other commentators didn't pick up on this. The woman here is trying to report a rape, and instead the police are hassling her about being a prostitute. On the interrogation table lies "two ziploc baggies containing her eyes and her smile" referring to makeup she wears as part of her job, which is now to be used by the police as evidence against her.
Then you have these lines: "meanwhile anguish was fingering solace, in another room down the hall; both were love's accomplices, but solace took the fall" - in other words, both the woman and her rapist were "love's accomplices" (they both participated in this illegal act), but it is solace who takes the fall, meaning that both the woman and her peace of mind are being sacrificed in the name of justice while the real criminal, the rapist, is getting off because the police believe she got what she deserved.