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.
Just before you break my heart,
I feel that there is something I must say
before you go your way
Go on, have your fun and see if you can break
their hearts like me , big man, you'll never understand
That a girl needs to love and be loved as I
Both your hearts should be in the sky
And you know that it's true (you know that it's true)
When it happens to you (when it happens to you )
Though I really care for you
I think it's only fair for you to try
Go ahead and say goodbye
Maybe one day when you fall , I think that I
shall tell them all and so , oh maybe then you'll know
That a girl needs to love and be loved as I
Both your hearts should be in the sky
And you know that it's true (you know that it's true )
When it happens to you (when it happens to you )
(break)
Go on have your fun and see
if you can break their hearts like me
Big man, you'll never understand
That a girl needs to love and be loved as I
Both your hearts should be in the sky
And you know that it's true ( you know that it's true )
When it happens to you (when it happens to you )
I feel that there is something I must say
before you go your way
Go on, have your fun and see if you can break
their hearts like me , big man, you'll never understand
That a girl needs to love and be loved as I
Both your hearts should be in the sky
And you know that it's true (you know that it's true)
When it happens to you (when it happens to you )
Though I really care for you
I think it's only fair for you to try
Go ahead and say goodbye
Maybe one day when you fall , I think that I
shall tell them all and so , oh maybe then you'll know
That a girl needs to love and be loved as I
Both your hearts should be in the sky
And you know that it's true (you know that it's true )
When it happens to you (when it happens to you )
(break)
Go on have your fun and see
if you can break their hearts like me
Big man, you'll never understand
That a girl needs to love and be loved as I
Both your hearts should be in the sky
And you know that it's true ( you know that it's true )
When it happens to you (when it happens to you )
Lyrics submitted by nabzouk
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