Joan As Police Woman is American musician, singer-songwriter and producer J… Read Full Bio ↴Joan As Police Woman is American musician, singer-songwriter and producer Joan Wasser (born July 26, 1970, in Biddeford, Maine). She is a violinist and singer/songwriter in the indie rock world. She's best known for her album Real Life. In addition to her stints with Dambuilders, Mind Science of the Mind, and Those Bastard Souls, Wasser's resume includes live performances and studio work with Lou Reed, Tanya Donelly, Sheryl Crow, Dave Gahan, Elton John, the Scissor Sisters, Antony and the Johnsons, Joseph Arthur, Mary Timony, Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Buckley and Adam Green

In late 1997 she created a band with the remaining members of Buckley's band called Black Beetle and finished an eponymous album which was never released. This was the first project where she was writing as well as fronting a band. Jeff buckley was her boyfriend at the time he drowned in '97.

According to Songfacts, Wasser took her curious stage name from the fact that she once attended a fancy dress party as an officer of the NYPD.

Save Me
Joan as Police Woman Lyrics

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I don't want to live for tomorrow
Save me
I don't want to live for tomorrow
Save me
I don't want to live for tomorrow
I don't want to live for the dying chance
If you're already good as gone
If you're already good as gone

I don't want to live for another
Take me
I don't want to live for another
Take me
I don't want to live for another
I don't want to live for the dying chance
If you're already good as gone
If you're already good as gone

'Cause we live under the common tree
But I'll learn to leave us there
With all the fruit
Still searching (still searching)
Still looking in your eyes
For a sign
I need to know

I don't want to wait any longer
Race me
I don't want to wait any longer
Erase me
I don't want to wait any longer
I don't want to wish and hope and pray

If you're already good as gone
If you're already good as gone

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Joan as Police Woman's song Save Me are about a person desperately seeking salvation from someone they love, someone who may be slipping away from them. The repeated lines of "I don't want to live for tomorrow" and "I don't want to live for another" emphasize the urgency and the desperation of the situation. The singer does not want to keep hoping and praying if the person they love is already gone. The line "We live under the common tree, but I'll learn to leave us there with all the fruit" suggests that maybe the relationship started out well, but something went wrong along the way.

The bridge of the song, "Still searching, still looking in your eyes for a sign I need to know" shows how lost the singer feels, how they're trying to find any clues to understand what's going on. They don't want to wait any longer, they want to race forward and find out the truth, even if it means erasing themselves. The singer is at a point in life where they're tired of the uncertainty, tired of living for tomorrow, and want some kind of closure.

Overall, the song is about desperation, the desire for salvation, and the struggle of trying to hold onto someone when they may already be gone. The singer wants to be saved from the pain of waiting and hoping, and wants to know the truth.

Line by Line Meaning

I don't want to live for tomorrow
The singer does not want to focus on the future but is in immediate need of help.

Save me
The singer is requesting assistance to get through the current difficult situation.

I don't want to live for the dying chance
The singer does not want to live through the possibility of dying without intervention.

If you're already good as gone
The artist is aware that the person they are addressing may not be reliable or present.

I don't want to live for another
The artist does not want to continue to feel the way they currently do in the future.

Take me
The singer is requesting someone to take them out of their current harmful state.

With all the fruit, Still searching (still searching), Still looking in your eyes, For a sign, I need to know
The singer is trying to find some sort of assurance or indication that everything will be alright.

I don't want to wait any longer
The artist is impatient and seeks a resolution immediately.

Race me
The artist is urging someone to take action quickly to help them.

Erase me
The artist wants to be rid of their current state and is asking for assistance to do so.

I don't want to wish and hope and pray
The singer is tired of relying on hope and faith alone and needs concrete help.

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Written by: JOAN WASSER

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