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This song is not about love. Those of u who think that are mislead by juxstaposition. The song has the word love in it, but it is strictly to mean sex. "Love is a verb," means that love is not something to hold or feel, its somehting you do, sex. If the song had gone, "sex is what i do in my room," there would be no misinterpretting the song. Important to note: first time we hear about love in his room, she's not in his room yet. The second time we hear about love, she is in his room. Sex is the same with her or with someone else. The head-spinning is a normal part of sex, nothing special 'cause of her. It was what he expected, next-to-nothing. Basically, the song is about the corruption of the world and the role we play in it and the price we pay to play such a role. Important symbols: light = truth, wind = corrupt force. So, at this party, which represents the sex game, all of the participants are in black and white. Black and white is a reference to light. The participants are oblivious to the truth. She comes in "full blown technicolor." This is another reference to light. Light is upon her, she knows the truth of the world, How does she know? Because she's "fully blown." This is a reference to the wind. She knows the truth but she had to pay the price and learn the hard way. Wind is defined as a symbol in the second stanza. The world is gonna be detroyed by the wind. Important, in 2nd stanza: he wouldn't save the world if he could, because of her. This stanza is repeated in the 5th stanza, but the difference is: he wouldn't save the world, because he's seen the corruption in it and he doesn't want to save it. "Now that your here," is to imply "now that you've shown me the world from the stars." This is another reference to light. From above, the stars shine the light of truth on the world. He responds at first with shame, wanting to hide his scars (because he's a part of the corruption, he's a participant in the party), but then he looks at the world with hate and he wouldn't save it if he could. Further evidence that this song is not about love: personification of a machine to discribe sex: "pink tractor beam" is his penis and it is procedurally going into her "incision." This is an overly mechanical way to discribe sex. Sex is seen as routine, mechanical and means nothing. This is important to pick up on. The head spinning and whirl is a normal part of this routine sex. He was already expecting it. He was expecting next to nothing, he got it. Sex is next to nothing. She's next to nothing. To conclude: He begins in the dark about the evils of the world, then spots her (she's the truth bearer, with the light, she knows because she's already paid her price), then she shows him the truth that the world sucks and that he himself sucks because he is part of the world. But the song doesn't stop after he knows the truth, now he must pay his price for enlightenment. His price is utter acceptance that he has to continue his routine rituals and continue living in a corrupt world because now: there's nothing he can do to save the world, even if he wanted to. Nothing is what he expected and nothing is what he got. The author is playing with the line: "Nothing is the same after tonight." Nothing is still nothing. Its the same, even after enlightement, nothing conintues to be nothing. Sex is nothing, she's nothing, the sex game is nothing, its all meaningless. |
