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By simple cosmetic inspection, you may determine an apple is safe for consumption. A sweet first bite confirms your assumption, but each one thereafter is closer to the reality of a worm-infested core. In a similar fashion, we harvest memories, cultivating the ones that were once aesthetically pleasant in our mind’s eye, but have since turned psychically sour. Alt-rockers Jane N’ The Jungle endeavor to sever the poisonous roots of a past relationship once and for all on “GTFO.”
From the jump, siren-ish riffs set off alarm bells, complementing a broader theme of developing emotional autonomy. In addition, the “this is my house” verse features lead singer Jordan White embodying an escalating epiphany. In contrast, this leads into White’s very straightforward delivery of the initial “get the **** out” directive, which is punctuated with a seismic exclamation point.
In part, bittersweet memories produce what “GTFO” refers to as “chemical sunshine,” which inflict emotional “paper cuts.” Also, a “strange vibration” alerts you to turn back from the nostalgia before it’s too late. “GTFO” explores how memory can invite back a former joy, but you know where all of the happiness went in the end.
Acknowledging, in retrospect, “we were losers,” the relationship in question on “GTFO” was one of hoping that two halves do, indeed, make a whole. Furthermore, it hints at having emotionally outgrown someone. Back in the present, when her head space steps back into the past, White draws the line, declaring “this is my house.”
Altogether, “GTFO” is about no longer allowing a piece of your past to have sway over you. Specifically, the good, bad and the ugly that all coalesce around a select figure in your life. Ultimately, “GTFO” is about no longer wanting to be emotionally fatigued at the very thought of someone.
Written by Travis Boyer
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