| Voxtrot – Your Biggest Fan Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is a really interesting song...I agree with atjones except that I think it involves a guy romantically desiring another guy. IMO the author takes the role of either being gay or in the closet in this song, and he's fallen in love with another guy. The problem is that he's not sure if the one he desires loves him back, let alone if he prefers guys over girls in the first place. Obviously he (Ramesh) is not going to explicitly make this obvious, but read between the lines and you might be able to see where I"m coming from... "Life on the margins Little looks we have to steal I want to run like vagrants hand in hand across this field" In our society, it's not 'correct' for two guys to romantically like each other. Therefore, the author has to take what he can get, even if it's those 'little looks' or comments that are made between the two in a public, normal setting. It's not much, but it keeps his dream alive. This is tough to contain because he's fallen in love with him, and dreams about "running like vagrants hand in hand across this field." However, it's too dangerous to tell him this/let others know. "The city walls are reigning perilous and tall over dark chilling streets It's not weakness when you fall Oh it's just too much too fast Crash that column into the wall Don't let them tell you that there's a right way to fall in love" The author is commenting on how tough the circumstances and expectations of the world and society are for his/their situation. It's not easy to fall in love with the 'wrong' sex in a society that doesn't really accept stuff like that yet. He's trying to tell and hopes that his lover does not wilt to these expectations. If you follow this school of thought then smaller stanzas/lines from this song can be incorporated into this but they are pretty self explanitory. One more is pretty important though: "I used to be your biggest fan And then I saw you in a doorway For a moment you looked tender and I knew That I could never ever ever ever ever touch you Because you might touch back Oh yes, you might, oh you might touch back" This is the line that struck me...the double edged sword for a gay guy that is either in the closet or does not know the sexual desires of the other guy. If he's right and the guy he likes is gay/likes him back, then "Oh you might touch back." This is great, but it opens a big can of worms because they would have to work this out yet still function in the straight, normal world. And as mentioned previously, if he "touches" him then he might not ever be able to let go and live without him...which makes it worse if he's wrong in interpreting the desires of the other guy (I.E. the other guy isn't gay). Being wrong in this situation would really suck! Regardless of whether it is about a straight or gay relationship, it's still one of my favorite Voxtrot songs. |
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