This song is timeless, and nearly 20 years after its creation, still possesses the mystique it did the first time i heard it ~1994. To me, at first blush, all those years ago, it had some kind of homo-erotic allure. The line "so that the others may do" tells of something which must be done for others to follow suit. It felt like like some kind of roxy-glam-pop invitation to sexual liberation.
Upon further introspection I think the song may not have an intrinsic meaning, but simply represents a sort of "holding open the door" for people who otherwise might be affronted by this song/band's unusual style. I know, as a sort of armchair rock-historian, that there have been few bands so daring and so true to the sound that wanted to emerge from within, whether the creator wanted it or not. This band handled it with elegance and grace seldom, if ever, seen.
I´m waiting for you
I´d wait the rest of my life
Hoping that you´ll drain me
Don´t need no assistance
Don´t need no leader
I will find my way
I want you down on your knees
And castigating me
Burn me down
Burn down my soul
I think i´m aining at that
Maybe that i need it
I feel the torch again
Burning in my eyes
A beautiful pain´s begging me
Like the thought of a whip
You leave your mind in me
And you take my soul with you
That´s what i desire
That´s what i need
Burn me down
Burn down my soul
I think i´m aining at that
Maybe that i need it
I´d wait the rest of my life
Hoping that you´ll drain me
Don´t need no assistance
Don´t need no leader
I will find my way
I want you down on your knees
And castigating me
Burn me down
Burn down my soul
I think i´m aining at that
Maybe that i need it
I feel the torch again
Burning in my eyes
A beautiful pain´s begging me
Like the thought of a whip
You leave your mind in me
And you take my soul with you
That´s what i desire
That´s what i need
Burn me down
Burn down my soul
I think i´m aining at that
Maybe that i need it
Lyrics submitted by liquidmercurial
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