I'm reasonably certain this song is about a cheating husband and his mistress. It seems like a mundane topic for a band like Toadies, but that is their power as a band to make anything seem even darker than it is, LOL.
Essentially this is told from the wife's point-of-view. The bodies gliding from room to room indicate lovers who are no longer attentive to each other. They're just there, but there's no longer any connection between them.
The wife rightfully resentful of the younger woman, referring to her as a "doll" because, while dolls are pretty and have smooth skin, ultimately there's nothing there behind the eyes. This doll is "no friend of the family" for obvious reasons--she is a home-wrecker. And the sunlight coming through the window telling the cheating hubby and his mistress that their time is up for the day and he has to go back home and pretend nothing's happening.
The whole thing about "when it's over" is actually a bit of a double entendre, as it refers both to the hubby and mistress's trysts and to the marriage itself.
I'm reasonably certain this song is about a cheating husband and his mistress. It seems like a mundane topic for a band like Toadies, but that is their power as a band to make anything seem even darker than it is, LOL.
Essentially this is told from the wife's point-of-view. The bodies gliding from room to room indicate lovers who are no longer attentive to each other. They're just there, but there's no longer any connection between them.
The wife rightfully resentful of the younger woman, referring to her as a "doll" because, while dolls are pretty and have smooth skin, ultimately there's nothing there behind the eyes. This doll is "no friend of the family" for obvious reasons--she is a home-wrecker. And the sunlight coming through the window telling the cheating hubby and his mistress that their time is up for the day and he has to go back home and pretend nothing's happening.
The whole thing about "when it's over" is actually a bit of a double entendre, as it refers both to the hubby and mistress's trysts and to the marriage itself.