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.
Oi, oi, oi
Oi, oi, oi
Oi, oi, oi
Oi, oi, oi
Oi, oi, oi
See me ride out of the sunset
On your color TV screen
Out for all that I can get
If you know what I mean
Women to the left of me
And women to the right
Ain't got no gun
Ain't got no knife
Don't you start no fight
'Cause I'm T.N.T., I'm dynamite
T.N.T., and I'll win the fight
T.N.T., I'm a power load
T.N.T., watch me explode
I'm dirty, mean and mighty unclean
I'm a wanted man
Public enemy number one
Understand?
So lock up your daughter
Lock up your wife
Lock up your back door
Run for your life
The man is back in town
Don't you mess me 'round
'Cause I'm T.N.T., I'm dynamite
T.N.T., and I'll win the fight
T.N.T., I'm a power load
T.N.T., watch me explode
T.N.T. (oi, oi, oi)
T.N.T. (oi, oi, oi)
T.N.T. (oi, oi, oi)
T.N.T. (oi, oi, oi)
T.N.T. (oi, oi, oi)
I'm dynamite (oi, oi)
T.N.T. (oi, oi, oi)
And I'll win the fight (oi, oi, oi)
T.N.T. (oi, oi, oi)
I'm a power load (oi, oi, oi)
T.N.T.
Watch me explode
Oi, oi, oi
Oi, oi, oi
Oi, oi, oi
Oi, oi, oi
See me ride out of the sunset
On your color TV screen
Out for all that I can get
If you know what I mean
Women to the left of me
And women to the right
Ain't got no gun
Ain't got no knife
Don't you start no fight
'Cause I'm T.N.T., I'm dynamite
T.N.T., and I'll win the fight
T.N.T., I'm a power load
T.N.T., watch me explode
I'm dirty, mean and mighty unclean
I'm a wanted man
Public enemy number one
Understand?
So lock up your daughter
Lock up your wife
Lock up your back door
Run for your life
The man is back in town
Don't you mess me 'round
'Cause I'm T.N.T., I'm dynamite
T.N.T., and I'll win the fight
T.N.T., I'm a power load
T.N.T., watch me explode
T.N.T. (oi, oi, oi)
T.N.T. (oi, oi, oi)
T.N.T. (oi, oi, oi)
T.N.T. (oi, oi, oi)
T.N.T. (oi, oi, oi)
I'm dynamite (oi, oi)
T.N.T. (oi, oi, oi)
And I'll win the fight (oi, oi, oi)
T.N.T. (oi, oi, oi)
I'm a power load (oi, oi, oi)
T.N.T.
Watch me explode
Lyrics submitted by oofus, edited by NUGdunkster
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the best interpretaion I have read of this song.
But, I will tell you a story.
My girlfriend, who was a kind of English version of the girl from Reseda
Maybe loved too much and got hurt.
Then she grew up and got on and was successful and I know to a fact that she cruised down Ventura Blvd. She tells me she screamed free with all her heart and never saw any conflict in the lyrics. ...regret is for those who do the hurting! ..and we all take from songs just exactly what we need!
If you are a lyricist you will often start a lyric off with a certain word in a sentence then replace that word at a later date for another which disguises the sentence and throws the audience...a la Lady Gaga.."i'm on the edge of GLORY"...try replacing the GLORY with MADNESS(in my opinion..her original word) and you are halfway to understanding the REAL meaning of a song. Tom Petty could never put out a song about FREEBASING...it just wouldn't happen..but FREE-FALLING suggests FLYING....further proof in my humble lyricists opinion is the line "GONNA LEAVE THIS WORLD FOR A WHILE", which suggests either SLEEPING(as you come back) or something a little more "PRESCRIBED"..if you catch my meaning...i'd love to hear a version with FREEBASIN'.....and i can't stand drugs!!!..or what they do to the world.
Of course...this is only an opinion of a lyricist...happy to share one of my lyrics...google JASMINE "Littlebird" LAMPORT'S "" BREATHE "".....PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT!!!..tell me what you think BREATHE is about....it's a cracking little song by a lovely girl with a beautiful clear vox...diction is amazing.
I don't think she's upset at him for not spending his time with her.
It's more like he had a short fling with her and doesn't really care about her. He just sees her as an object and not a human being with feelings. He leaves her and breaks her heart, because she had feelings for him but he doesn't return them. Later on, he realizes he did have feelings for her and feels guilty.