| Paul McCartney – Queenie Eye Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think he is referencing a child's game of ball tag (cross between dodge ball and tag). If you play it with a smaller ball often times you can't see who has the ball as easily as you could with the larger balls of dodge ball. You could think about that game as being a correlation to life. You are continually scrambling to stay afloat watching out for potential dangers / pit falls, this being the person with the ball. When playing ball tag you have to keep trying to keep track of who has the ball and asking others who has it as kids start screaming and shouting as they get chased. In life you never know who is after you to derail you, purposeful or not. So the whole song could be a metaphoric correlation between a kid’s game and life. In those types of kid’s games there is rarely any rules or a guide on how to play, you just jump right in and you figure it out as you go with the situation continually changing. Could Queenie Eye be a childhood friend? It’s such a beautiful and fun song, heard Paul sing it in Chicago this year a few months ago. Was awesome, he sung it with such a passion. |
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| Billy Joel – You're My Home Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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In reference to "instant pleasure dome" If you read this and your mind goes immediately to the gutter don't put that negativity on this song. Climb out for a minute and sit on your front steps, grab a dictionary and use your brain. Since you may or may not own a dictionary I'll help some .. -------------- Definition of pleasure from dictionary.com —noun 1. the state or feeling of being pleased. 2. enjoyment or satisfaction derived from what is to one's liking; gratification; delight. 3. worldly or frivolous enjoyment: the pursuit of pleasure. 4. recreation or amusement; diversion; enjoyment: Are you traveling on business or for pleasure? 5. sensual gratification. 6. a cause or source of enjoyment or delight: It was a pleasure to see you. 7. pleasurable quality: the pleasure of his company. 8. one's will, desire, or choice: to make known one's pleasure. ---------------- Nowhere in the definition of pleasure does it refer to sexual delights although sex is quite pleasurable! FYI: sensual is different word with a different meaning than sexual (i know they are very similar spelling wise) Prior to "Instant pleasure dome" the lyric is "You're my castle, you're my cabin". Used in context dome would be considered a structure as it is defined. A castle is a structure of great security traditionally housing kings and nobles. A cabin is a place of comfort and security as well. A dome would be something that wraps around in a full 360 degree such as the sky or constructed dome either way it surrounds you in a smoother way ... maybe more sensual and femininely beautiful than a castle. Thus it could ... should be interpreted more of "instant pleasure surroundings" ... dome cleverly goes with the whole structure theme and is really spot on lyrically if you stop being perverse. Furthermore I'm fairly certain someone of his song writing ability would just throw in a stupid line referring to a cheap sounding sexual pleasure or as one comment suggest masturbation (not sure if that person has a grasp on the English language though) |
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