Third Track On Fiona Apple's Fourth Studio Album The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do. Fiona Apple First Played This Song At Largo On Valentine's Day 2007 And It Subsequently Appeared On Her 2012 Album. She Said At The Time That The Song Was Not About A Man Or A Lover But Instead Was About A Girl She Admired And Would Like To Be More Like.