"Girl Afraid" as written by Johnny Marr and Steven Patrick Morrissey....
Girl afraid
Where do his intentions lay ?
Or does he even have any ?
She says :
"He never really looks at me
I give him every opportunity
In the room downstairs
He sat and stared
In the room downstairs
He sat and stared
I'll never make that mistake again !"
I'll never make that mistake again
I'll never make that mistake again
Boy afraid
Prudence never pays
And everything she wants costs money
"But she doesn't even like me !
And I know because she said so
In the room downstairs
She sat and stared
In the room downstairs
She sat and stared
I'll never make that mistake again !"
Where do his intentions lay ?
Or does he even have any ?
She says :
"He never really looks at me
I give him every opportunity
In the room downstairs
He sat and stared
In the room downstairs
He sat and stared
I'll never make that mistake again !"
I'll never make that mistake again
I'll never make that mistake again
Boy afraid
Prudence never pays
And everything she wants costs money
"But she doesn't even like me !
And I know because she said so
In the room downstairs
She sat and stared
In the room downstairs
She sat and stared
I'll never make that mistake again !"
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and everything she wants costs money"
i like the double meaning of "prudence" in this song.
"He's gay! He's in the room downstairs staring at all his gay porn all the time, and then she goes down and finds it and sits and stares at it, realizing he's gay and she'll never make the mistake of dating a gay dude again!"
Now, moving on...
Also, a possible link from this song to another one, that I chanced upon -- there's an old song called Lily of Laguna, which features the line, 'I know she likes me, because she says so'. Is it possible that Morrissey was intentionally playing with this line when he wrote, 'But she doesn't even like me, and I know because she said so'?
I've never seen this mentioned before, and am interested to see what people think of it.
and I believe that the general meaning of this song is point out the irony of this paradox where society in general gets more and more bitter and selfish when it comes to love and everybody is thinking that their behavior is their old bad relationship´s fault when there is someone out there blaming them of the same
There´s no algoz or victim when it comes to romantic relationships
Think it's pretty obvious what it's about - a boy and a girl who obviously like each other but are too stubborn or shy to tell each other. They want the other to make the first move.
'Where do his intentions lay? Or does he even have any?' - she is thinking does the boy actually like her and is he going to do anything about it.
"He never really looks at me, I give him every opportunity" - she is trying to get his attention and make herself noticed but the boy just ignores her.
'And everything she wants costs money' - the boy is obviously worried that he isn't rich enough for her and he won't be able to give her everything she wants.
'But she doesn't even like me! And I know because she said so' - she has obviously denied her feelings for the boy and he believed her. Now he thinks that she doesn't like him.
'In the room downstairs he/she sat and stared' - they're in a room together but totally ignoring each other even though they both want each others attention. They're both waiting for the other to make the first move.
'I'll never make that mistake again!' - they'll never be together as they're both too stubborn to make the first move and they've both given up on each other.
No seriously. I'm just being an ass. I can totally relate to the lyrics and the guitar is so good.