| Mat Kearney – What's a Boy To Do Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think that the verse about Missy is trying to show the ways that he tried to escape. I think that it was a party, that obviously involved spin the bottle, but when he was "grabbing Missy" and really wanted to leave, because he didn't really like her. So therefore, he wanted to just turn the light on and leave. I still don't get the "halfway rush of blood" part... Don't know about the "holy kiss." It still really confuses me...Why holy? Why a kiss? Maybe, he's not scared of his father anymore...? |
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| Mat Kearney – What's a Boy To Do Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think this is the only song that he has that has a problem presented and no solution; every other song gives some sort of hope, but this one just asks questions and gives excuses. anyway, the song goes through a young man's life, chronicling how his father has never truly paid attention to him. "Its the kind of love that comes and goes when there's company coming around." The father never approved of his son's life, his friends or his reactions to people making fun of him, but he could never retaliate "but i never got a chance to draw my knife" the boy tries so hard to gain his father's approval, doing everything "perfectly," but his father never pays attention. The father and the son apparently fight a lot. "its all quite for the first time" after the boy decides to jump off of bridge and kill himself. mel, the white sheet is the sheet that they cover the corpse with. the narrator thinks that it never had to be this way, but one can just imagine him shaking his head when he says "what's the son of man and a boy to do" (the son of man meaning Jesus). i do have some questions myself: i don't understand the first and fourth verses, they utterly confuse me what is a "halfway rush of blood" and who is Missy? what is the "holy kiss"? what is "not like those days, its not like i'm scared of you"? thank you |
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