| Eric Clapton – Promises Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| @[Kinkyvinylgirl:17605] - The expiration date for fashion models is very short. Linda had a blast. She also had a nice compilation book published that means the world to her. We're still together and we still live on our farm. She is the most beautiful eoman in the world. She still goes to parties for magazines, and I stay home with the kids. I go on hunting trips, and then she stays home. That's our give and take. The only difference is that when she travels, she takes 5 bags! I take a backpack! Keep communication open with your guy. That's all we need. [Just don't tell him all of the fun your having, he won't be able to relate!] | |
| Eric Clapton – Promises Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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THIS SONG IS ABOUT THE FRAGILE MALE EGO. Nothing more. This song describes my marriage. It kind-of scares me that I relate to it all. Some may think it’s about an evil woman. It's not. It's about a man feeling inadequate. I don't care if you never come home I don't mind if you just keep on rowin' away on a distant sea Cus I don't love you and you don't love me (My wife's modeling career began to take off when I started pulling away. We both grew up in a country town and when she started traveling for work, I became very angry that her new world was stealing her from me. I was so hurt that I lied to myself that I didn't love her because I thought that I couldn't compete with the world's fashion scene. When she traveled to Europe and the more she was away, the more I thought she didn't love me. I told my friends that I hoped she would permanently stay away to ease the pain.) You cause a commotion when you come to town You give 'em a smile and they melt And your lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don't like yours and you don't like mine (I accompanied her to Milan once and went to some very large parties with her. The people at these parties would go wild when we arrived. Everyone knew her. Everyone would do anything for her. I felt I could do nothing special for her. She was theirs. They were hers. I did not fit in. These people would never mingle with "my world" and my friends/world would never think of fitting into theirs.) I don't care what you do at night Oh, I don't care how you get you delites We'll leave it alone and just let it be I don't love you and you don't love me (She tried her best to communicate. She called me every day (sometimes 3x a day.) She would tell me about her plans for the evening and how she was meeting some prince or designer. My ego could not be happy for her. All my ears heard were "I am going out with a prince." My ego was so hurt, my heart wall went up. I became more and more distant in my mind in preparation for what I feared was an eventuality.) I got a problem can you relate I got a woman callin' love hate We made a vow we'd always be friends How could we know that promises end (I pulled away as a pre-emptive move to protect my heart. I told her that I had been going out and found someone else. - I hadn't - She was devastated. I stopped taking her calls. She flew home to see me and she found me at our local bar. I knew she was home and purposefully surrounded myself with local girls. She reminded me that at our wedding I told the world that we were best friends and I would protect her forever. I lied to her and told her that she had changed and that I didn't love her anymore. We separated for a year. We married because we were best friends. We prided ourselves on our ability to communicate. When I tried to talk to her, she would just scream at me and tell me that she hated me.) I tried to love for years upon years You refuse to take me for real It's time you saw what I want you to see I'd still love you if you'd just love me (My ego felt that she was the one that betrayed me by throwing me away in exchange for the fashion world. I felt that I was the aggrieved party. She chose her career over our love and home life. I truly thought that she didn't love me and that she loved her new world. The last words of the song hit home because they are close to the exact words I said to my best friend. "I'd still love her if I thought she still loved me." He punched me in the head and asked me to listen to myself. I never stopped loving her. She never stopped loving me. My best friend made me realize that I was the ass. I threw myself at her feet and explained all of my feelings and thoughts and confessed to the lies. We are still married and I know she loves me and I still love her.) That was a long explanation, but this song hits home in so many ways! |
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