Your Little Pet

Soccer Mommy “Your Dog”

“Your Dog” essentially inverts the sound and sentiment of The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog” – moody and pensive rather than aggressive, and bitterly defiant rather than eagerly submissive. Iggy was singing about getting dominated, but he was essentially being a bossy bottom, and in control of a fantasy situation. Sophie Allison is singing about a much more mundane scenario – being in a miserable relationship with a controlling guy who treats you like a prop to occupy his time. The lyrics are direct and unambiguous, the sort of lines you rehearse over and over in your head before actually speaking up for yourself. But even if the verses are bold declarations of independence, the chorus suggests getting out of this won’t be easy – “Forehead kisses break my knees in, leave me crawling back to you.”

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