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've always wanted what I couldn't have
I hope and dream that maybe someday
That I'd find out what love was all about
I sure grew up tonight the hard way
Now the candy store's closed, the movie's sold out
High Plains Drifter isn't what it's all about
And now were parting ways, I won't say a word
Let our broken hearts cry in their graves
Where they'll never be heard
It's more than we bargained for
Our love is the price we've paid
And just like a fading dream
It's slippin' away
Last night I saw you out with my best friend
When I'm with you I see him in your eyes
I want to hold you but I don't understand
There's something there that's so hard to disguise
Now tears run down your face, as you walk through the night
Those cold empty streets leave you wondering what's right
As you walk away with your broken heart
Don't you try to deny that true love had torn you apart
More than we bargained for
Our love is the price we've paid
And just like a fading dream
It's slippin' away
It's more than we bargained for
It's more than we bargained for
More than we bargained for
Our love is the price we've paid
And just like a fading dream
It's slippin' away
More than we bargained for
Our love is the price we've paid
And just like a fading dream
It's slippin' away
I hope and dream that maybe someday
That I'd find out what love was all about
I sure grew up tonight the hard way
Now the candy store's closed, the movie's sold out
High Plains Drifter isn't what it's all about
And now were parting ways, I won't say a word
Let our broken hearts cry in their graves
Where they'll never be heard
It's more than we bargained for
Our love is the price we've paid
And just like a fading dream
It's slippin' away
Last night I saw you out with my best friend
When I'm with you I see him in your eyes
I want to hold you but I don't understand
There's something there that's so hard to disguise
Now tears run down your face, as you walk through the night
Those cold empty streets leave you wondering what's right
As you walk away with your broken heart
Don't you try to deny that true love had torn you apart
More than we bargained for
Our love is the price we've paid
And just like a fading dream
It's slippin' away
It's more than we bargained for
It's more than we bargained for
More than we bargained for
Our love is the price we've paid
And just like a fading dream
It's slippin' away
More than we bargained for
Our love is the price we've paid
And just like a fading dream
It's slippin' away
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
More Than We Bargained For Lyrics as written by Jon Bon Jovi James Polles
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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