| Dntel – Roll On Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| The first half of the song, she describes her heart belonging to a son of a gun and in the second half she describes a second man who looks too good to be true (a fairy tale) who wants to marry her because she is "the real deal." Maybe she feels the temptation to go with this good man -she knows "how a fairy tale feels" - this man who promises to marry despite her baggage and past. But the fairy tale man doesn't match her "muscle memory for love." Maybe the fairy tale man wants to be her rescuer or Prince Charming or any sort of knight in shinning armor - but she either feels that "he's a fairy tale that I can’t have" maybe because she doesn't deserve him. Or maybe that she doesn't believe in fairy tales anymore. Maybe she knows better now that this guy wanting and trying to be her fairy tale hero is really just as human and frail like anybody else. The third thread in this song is she is scared of being an old maid - all bitter and lonely inside and being with somebody in a warm bed is better than hating "the person you've become." So the end of the song, she's thought about how she hates being bitter and alone and decided its better to get married to the good guy and "have a couple of kids" and settle rather then become more bitter and alone. | |
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