if you were here
i could deceive you
and if you were here
you would believe
but would you suspect
my emotion wandering, yeah
do not want a part of this anymore
The rain water drips
through a crack in the ceiling
and i'll have to spend
my time on repair
But just like the rain
i'll be always falling, yeah
only to rise and fall again
(REPEAT CHORUS)
i could deceive you
and if you were here
you would believe
but would you suspect
my emotion wandering, yeah
do not want a part of this anymore
The rain water drips
through a crack in the ceiling
and i'll have to spend
my time on repair
But just like the rain
i'll be always falling, yeah
only to rise and fall again
(REPEAT CHORUS)
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I think, rather, that he's saying he's fooling her into thinking he's in love with her but he's not.
Time and again he's put her silent fears to rest with his deceptions, to the point its become a regular thing.
Its really a very sad song if you've been on either side of this kind of relationship.
I look at it from Jake Ryan's perspective: yeah, you want to be here with me. "If you were here, I could deceive you" - but I don't want a part of those games anymore. (he was looking for something that 'mattered') Real love. "Would you suspect my emotions wandering?" (or simply see me as someone who's not as perfect as you think)...
Yes, he's not as perfect as he seems on the outside: "rainwater seeps through a crack in the ceiling - and I'll have to spend time on repair"... signifies to me that while he's imperfect, he'll always be falling and starting over. He's human. And he so wants to love her - only on a real level of some sorts, without all the games people play with one another's hearts.
At least, that's how I like to think of it.
It is the classic struggle in finding the right equilibrium that will give him the possibility of loving and being loved, without having a superficial relationship or a deep but passionless friendship (eros vs agape). The deception "I could deceive you" allows for the seduction: passion, flirting, etc. for eros, as she will believe, but it may have moved beyond that point (the relationship may have jumped the shark).
What we call the "loss of innocents" when you understand the deception and move out of passionate love.
The other side is honesty, which leads to platonic love...when the "deception" seduction/love has gone or is lost.
He spends his time trying to bridge/fill that gap "the crack", though he is the very cause of his own demise (like the rain water that maintains the divide). But like nature with the rain cycle, the human condition has its own cycle...relationships repeat this cycle, falling in and out of love, as we try to find the balance, though our innocents will never return.
It is a perfect song for 16 candles, as it is exactly what the movie is about...
He is trapped in the relationship and lies to her to spare her feelings.
He wants out, and states "My emotion wandering, yeah" (for another girl)
and he'll spend time on repair for missing her but
"I'll be always falling, yeah" (meaning he's going to fall for someone else)
"Only to rise and fall again" (he keeps falling in and out of love.)
It is sad, for both.
Why in the hell would they place this song at the end of Sixteen Candles?!!
Love the song though.
:)
The other half seems like he isnt ready for going after this person, because he himself isnt ready, and needs some time to get to know himself.
I like how the Cary Brothers sing this song, you can find it on thier myspace
It applies to the end of the movie, Sixteen Candles, in the sense that Jake no longer loves Caroline, and the lyrics would be referencing her, since she is not there.
"do not want a part of this anymore"
If Caroline was there, he could deceive her by pretending to still love her, but no longer wants to be part of that relationship.
He's right where he wants to be, with Samantha.