Busses and Trains
bachelor girl

Hey Mom
[referring to Naoko Akagi, her mom :)...who else?]
Why didn't you tell me
Why didn't you teach me a thing or two
You just let me go
Out into the World
[after all, her mom died when she was still a teenager, so Naoko wasn't able to teach her about the world...and the people who live in it...especially gendo]
You never thought to share what you knew
[and in the series, it looks like naoko wasn't able to tell ritsuko everything she experienced...with love, life amd relationships]

So I walked under a bus
I got hit by a train
Keep falling in love
Which is kinda the same
[This actually expresses the love/relationship she has with gendo ikari. for short, it wasn't a picture perfect relationship]
I've sunk out at sea
Crashed my car, gone insane
And it felt so good
I want to do it again
[even though she knows that in a way, gendo can't be hers and will not love her how much he loves yui, she still comes back to him...to live a love that is not true]

Hey Mom
Why didn't you warn me
Coz about boys is something i should have known
[about GENDO is something she should have known...and what relationship he had with her mom]
Their like chocolate cake
Like cigarettes
I know they're bad for me
But I just can't leave 'em alone
[the relationship of gendo and ritsuko is bitter sweet. she loves gendo...probably loves everything about him, but at the same time, she knows she's just being used. But she can't leave him behind...probably because she really cares for him]

Chorus

I wanna do it again
Oh, felt so good
[probably the love and comfort she feels when she's with gendo makes her feel good]

Hey Mom
Since we're talking
What was it like when you where young
Has the world changed
Or is it still the same
A man can kill and still be the sweetest fun
[gendo doesn't care about anything and would risk anything to be with you. but ritsuko still loves him and enjoys his company...though it is cold]

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