Discover the story of the song > High On Sunday 51 – Aimee Mann

The protagonist is singing about how she knows how to manipulate her romantic partner's emotions by not giving him everything he wants. She compares herself to a monkey who knows how to make people want things by holding them back. She also mentions setting up a situation where her partner is tempted to go through her things to find out more about her. She asks her partner to let her be his addiction, to hate the bad things about her but still love her overall. She feels like they have reached a point of no return in their relationship, but she still wants to try and make it work.