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Stopwatch Hearts Lyrics
Not that I'm that hard to Please, but lately when I hit the street
it's hum-de-dum (hum-de-dum-de dum)
When the hard times hit, they Hit the biz
The hardest hit make the best of it
Strong dollar stockbroker right to the bottom, Sink down with your boomtown
High water realtors arrive With numbers over their eyes
Stopwatch hearts
Good God I love the party-starved businessmen with stopwatch hearts
They don't beat (They tick)
'Round that corner, Down the street
There's a dive where working girls retreat
from their hum-de-dum (hum-de-dum-de-dum)
So tilt that felt hat to the side, Thrift store 3 for .99
Gonna get me one (and Get it every night)
it's hum-de-dum (hum-de-dum-de dum)
When the hard times hit, they Hit the biz
The hardest hit make the best of it
Strong dollar stockbroker right to the bottom, Sink down with your boomtown
High water realtors arrive With numbers over their eyes
Stopwatch hearts
Good God I love the party-starved businessmen with stopwatch hearts
They don't beat (They tick)
There's a dive where working girls retreat
from their hum-de-dum (hum-de-dum-de-dum)
So tilt that felt hat to the side, Thrift store 3 for .99
Gonna get me one (and Get it every night)
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Yeah, the prostitution bit is pretty clear, but it's not about prostitution. It's about the business men who solicit prostitution and their hears that tick, not beat. As in, they're mechanical, not emotional.
It's a derisive statement about those people and their lives. The song is cast in the voice of a prostitue who loves to see the "party starved" business men come in because she knows they're good for some money, yet, she clearly doesn't approve of their live decisions. The judgment being made by someone of "questionable morals" is all the more stunning.
@fasteddie72 I like that "questionable morals" bit. Yr average prostitute is an honest business person - Joe Wall-Street could definitely stand to learn morals from her.
@fasteddie72 I like that "questionable morals" bit. Yr average prostitute is an honest business person - Joe Wall-Street could definitely stand to learn morals from her.
YAY!!!!! EMILY HAINES!!!! yet another of my favourite singers!!! Delerium always has the best singers. Now all they need to do is have Lacey Mosley or Amy Lee sing one of their songs.
It is clearly about prostitution... and the "slaves to society" clients that they service. Particularly in hard times, these high-rolling clients seek prostitution and that means good business for the "working girls" who hang out on the street corners. Felt hats (fedoras) are particularly indicative of pimp fashion.
The song is simple, fun and beautiful. Haines' high-note vocals in this song gives me the chills.
well, i thought it was clearly about prostitution.
It's about the coldness of consumerism.
I love it. It's beautiful, yet kind of haunting and creepy.
It's about people who are consumed by work, and its as if their entire lives are regulated by the clock.
It's about people who are consumed by work, and its as if their entire lives are regulated by the clock.
Hence these party-starved, business men, essentially have stopwatch hearts.
Hence these party-starved, business men, essentially have stopwatch hearts.