PINS AND NEEDLES Lyrics – Nessa Barrett

Meaning of ‘PINS AND NEEDLES’ Lyrics Explained

Verse 1 Meaning:
In this verse, the singer compares the emotional pain she feels to physical numbness. She says she barely feels the heat from the stove, symbolizing how she’s learned to cope with pain. When she lets go, she’s already healing. The mention of not hearing the person’s name shows how distant she’s become, and she believes the person is to blame for their own downfall, with no one feeling sorry for them.

Pre-Chorus Meaning:
The repeated “Who are you?” reflects the singer’s emotional detachment. She’s indifferent to the person and doesn’t care about their identity anymore. It’s a rhetorical question that shows how insignificant the person has become to her.

Chorus Meaning:
The chorus reveals the singer’s complete emotional detachment. She blocks the person’s number, numbs her heart with Novocain, and feels no connection or care for them. The description of feeling “ice-cold” and cutting off her blood flow indicates how she’s severed all ties, leaving her emotions numb, comparing it to “pins and needles,” symbolizing numbness mixed with lingering pain.

Verse 2 Meaning:
In this verse, the singer rejects the idea that the person has any claim over her. She points out that they never shared significant moments like intimacy or deep connections, calling out the person’s inflated sense of importance. She then dismisses them as rude and uninteresting, adding that they’ll eventually be forgotten.

Pre-Chorus Meaning:
Again, the singer asks “Who are you?” to emphasize her complete lack of interest and emotional connection with the person. It shows how irrelevant they are to her now.

Chorus Meaning:
The chorus repeats the same sentiment: the singer has completely cut the person out of her life, blocking their number and numbing herself emotionally. She feels nothing for them, with her emotions being frozen and detached, symbolized by the phrase “pins and needles” representing a mixture of numbness and pain.

Bridge Meaning:
In the bridge, the singer repeatedly expresses feeling nothing, reinforcing her emotional detachment. The repetition of “I feel nothing” highlights her resolve to remain indifferent to the person, emphasizing her complete emotional shutdown and how she has moved on from them.

Chorus Meaning:
The final chorus mirrors the earlier ones, continuing to show the singer’s emotional numbness. She’s completely cut off from the person, feeling nothing toward them. The coldness and numbness are central to her emotional state, and the repetition of “nothing for you” shows how thoroughly she’s let go.