On this song PJ Harvey inserts herself into the roll of Jane Porter, the character from Edgar Rice Borrough’s Tarzan series, a damsel-in-distress who later becomes the wife of Tarzan, a feral man raised in the African jungle.
[Verse 1]
Oh, damn your chest-beating, just you stop your screaming
You're splitting through my head and swinging from the ceiling
Move it over, Tarzan, can't you see I'm bleeding?
I've called you by your first name, good lord, it's
[Chorus]
Me-Jane
And I'm running
Split head
And I'm reeling
I'm Me-Jane
Me-Jane
[Verse 2]
Oh, damn your chest-beating, just you stop your screaming
All the time he hunting, swimming, fishing, breeding
Don't you ever stop and give me time to breathe in?
I've called you by your first name, good lord, it's
[Chorus]
Me-Jane
And I'm running
Split head
And I'm reeling
I'm Me-Jane
And I'm trying
To make sense
Of your screaming
[Refrain]
Don't lord it on me
Don't lord it on me
Don't lord it over me
[Bridge]
Tarzan, I'm pleading, stop your fucking screaming
You've got me nailing walls, I'm hanging from the ceiling
Oh, move it over, Tarzan, can't you see I'm bleeding?
Good lord, you never stop
[Refrain]
Don't lord it on me
Don't lord it on me
Don't lord it on me
Don't lord it on me (Jane)
Don't lord it on me (Jane)
Don't lord it on me (Jane)
Don't lord it on me (Jane)
Don't lord it on me (Jane)
Me-Jane was written by PJ Harvey.
Me-Jane was produced by Steve Albini.