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.
I stare and stare
and watch the words fall from your mouth
Ands and buts and I doubt this conversation's
going anywhere with the words you're leaving out
Just stare at the ground
as the words fall from your mouth
Ands and buts and I doubt your alibi and reasons
could satisy your angel's grief
'cause she dances in the rain
But she would crumble on a sunny day
if she heard me slip a word or two
about the things you do
about the things you do
oh no
You, you know you got me thinking
If I could catch you sleeping out tonight
I'm riding on your lies
Don't think that I have never had this feeling
Don't you ever forget you're being watched tonight In the corner of my eye
My eyes will look away
and my lips won't leak a word
If you just say those words
you and I both know I would kill a man or two
Just give me a go
What kind of friend wouldn't put on a knife show? Just point him out
I'd do anything for you if you asked me to
if you asked me to
You, you know you got me thinking
If I could catch you sleeping out tonight
I'm riding on your lies
Don't think that I have never had this feeling
Don't you ever forget you're being watched tonight In the corner of my eye
In the corner of my eye
Oh I gotta say that I've had it rough
You know I'm a loner born and raised
untill I'm dead he said I'll live it up
I gotta say that I've had it rough
You know I'm a loner born and raised
untill I'm dead she said that's so fucked up
You, you know you got me thinking
If I could catch you sleeping out tonight
I'm riding on your lies
Don't think that I have never had this feeling
Don't you ever forget you're being watched tonight In the corner of my eye
and watch the words fall from your mouth
Ands and buts and I doubt this conversation's
going anywhere with the words you're leaving out
Just stare at the ground
as the words fall from your mouth
Ands and buts and I doubt your alibi and reasons
could satisy your angel's grief
'cause she dances in the rain
But she would crumble on a sunny day
if she heard me slip a word or two
about the things you do
about the things you do
oh no
You, you know you got me thinking
If I could catch you sleeping out tonight
I'm riding on your lies
Don't think that I have never had this feeling
Don't you ever forget you're being watched tonight In the corner of my eye
My eyes will look away
and my lips won't leak a word
If you just say those words
you and I both know I would kill a man or two
Just give me a go
What kind of friend wouldn't put on a knife show? Just point him out
I'd do anything for you if you asked me to
if you asked me to
You, you know you got me thinking
If I could catch you sleeping out tonight
I'm riding on your lies
Don't think that I have never had this feeling
Don't you ever forget you're being watched tonight In the corner of my eye
In the corner of my eye
Oh I gotta say that I've had it rough
You know I'm a loner born and raised
untill I'm dead he said I'll live it up
I gotta say that I've had it rough
You know I'm a loner born and raised
untill I'm dead she said that's so fucked up
You, you know you got me thinking
If I could catch you sleeping out tonight
I'm riding on your lies
Don't think that I have never had this feeling
Don't you ever forget you're being watched tonight In the corner of my eye
Lyrics submitted by Sweet_Girl
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