Saving Faces Lyrics
The Euro-fashion phase
So set another trap some other way
'Cause she's not biting
And oh no she's getting wasted again
Imagine that
Hooked on saving face
What are you thinking
What are you doing here
but I know what no one knows
Where's the same, undefined by you
As you're living thru my eyes
Always living thru my eyes
She's taking over the game,
and always running away
They've tried to tug her in so many ways
Still she's inviting
And oh no she's playing bastard again,
imagine that
Hooked on pointing fingers
Are you breathing
What are you doing here
That lingers like the plague
Know it's still a question of gender
Imagine she's pretending that
she's hooked on saving face
What were you thinking
What are you doing here
I think is about a model girl in the fashion world. They are allways thinking in her image and everyone's opinion and they get really worried if they aren't "in" anymore.
Yes that makes sense but what about the part when jay says
but I know what no one knows Were the same, undefined by you As you're living through my eyes
I mean so what is he saying that he is like her.. but she doesn't realize it ? Im not really sure i mean every other part of this song points to what Dead has said but this one.. Confuses me anyone have any ideas?!
Perhaps it's a reference to his own(and Orgy's) fashion sense. Orgy are pretty glam, so he could be saying that they are the same, in terms of dress, but she doesn't realize it because most people think that rock stars of the music world and models of the fashion world are two different kinds of people and have nothing to do with each other, when in reality they have many things in common, looks, image, and credibility being some of them-thus the lyrics "But I know what no one knows, we're the same.". On the other hand, they are...
Perhaps it's a reference to his own(and Orgy's) fashion sense. Orgy are pretty glam, so he could be saying that they are the same, in terms of dress, but she doesn't realize it because most people think that rock stars of the music world and models of the fashion world are two different kinds of people and have nothing to do with each other, when in reality they have many things in common, looks, image, and credibility being some of them-thus the lyrics "But I know what no one knows, we're the same.". On the other hand, they are artists and write their own music, while models are hired to show off the clothes that other people made, so the two are completely different at the same time-so he says "Undefined by you.", meaning that creative artists are not defined by their image(looks, style, etc.) as much as fashion models are. Artists create, models spread their creations to the wider world and make it popular-basically, the models are living off the artists, so from Jay's point of view as an artist, they are "Living through my eyes." Perhaps I'm wrong, but this is the best explanation I can come up with at the moment:)
So it just hit me. "You know its still a question of gender." I think Jay is talking about his experience with a transgender escort. "The glamour days, the euro fashion phase. She getting wasted again, imagine that" Talking about the lifestyle that accompanies escorts, much like a model. "But I know what no one knows. We're the same, undefined by you" they're both men, but not by the escorts definition. "It's a union of androgyny" Jay feels he is being duped after discovering her truths "what were you thinking? What are you doing here?" I'm sticking to this one