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The Ultimate Fling Lyrics
Today it’s in the air again,
Today another incident that just went up.
No way, this time I will not take the blame,
It’s pretty obvious who needs to shut up.
Ashtrays filled with the fruits of our transgressions,
Here and there sarcasm overflows.
To stay, I need the sitcom to be rerun
Till I get the gist of just how it goes.
So what would you have me do?
Give me a reason, come on and make my day,
Cos I’m out of cheeks to turn the other way.
Ask yourself just how lucky do you feel?
Somehow I’ve been blindsided by my own
Kindhearted notion of just who we are.
No doubt we’d have collided anyway
With me endicted and you raising alarm.
First round I’ll take my bows into my corner,
Take the vows, regroup and run back again.
Blood hound and of no better pedigree
Than what you see, so you could not offend.
Did I act like a fool cos I didn’t know what to do when you gave me just a little bit more than I bargained for,
A little too much in my hands when my hands are tied.
It’s the ultimate fling to go frolicking, licking the muck from the soles of the boots of your pride.
Every time you lied!
Give me a reason, come on and make my day,
Cos I’m out of cheeks to turn the other way.
Ask yourself just how lucky do you feel?
Give me a reason, come on and make my day,
So come out tears now, someones gota pay.
Ask yourself just how lucky do you feel?
Ooh, yeah, give me a reason.
Yeah, make my day.
('Cos someone's gota pay)
Can you give me a reason.
I’m moving into grace
Something I can hold on, at the end of the day.
Cos I can’t move on till, I know whats the deal.
Give me a reason, come on and make my day,
Cos I’m out of cheeks to turn the other way.
Ask yourself just how lucky do you feel?
Give me a reason, come on and make my day,
So come out tears now, someones gota pay.
Ask yourself just how lucky do you feel?
Today another incident that just went up.
No way, this time I will not take the blame,
It’s pretty obvious who needs to shut up.
Ashtrays filled with the fruits of our transgressions,
Here and there sarcasm overflows.
To stay, I need the sitcom to be rerun
Till I get the gist of just how it goes.
So what would you have me do?
Cos I’m out of cheeks to turn the other way.
Ask yourself just how lucky do you feel?
Kindhearted notion of just who we are.
No doubt we’d have collided anyway
With me endicted and you raising alarm.
First round I’ll take my bows into my corner,
Take the vows, regroup and run back again.
Blood hound and of no better pedigree
Than what you see, so you could not offend.
A little too much in my hands when my hands are tied.
It’s the ultimate fling to go frolicking, licking the muck from the soles of the boots of your pride.
Every time you lied!
Cos I’m out of cheeks to turn the other way.
Ask yourself just how lucky do you feel?
So come out tears now, someones gota pay.
Ask yourself just how lucky do you feel?
Yeah, make my day.
('Cos someone's gota pay)
I’m moving into grace
Something I can hold on, at the end of the day.
Cos I can’t move on till, I know whats the deal.
Cos I’m out of cheeks to turn the other way.
Ask yourself just how lucky do you feel?
So come out tears now, someones gota pay.
Ask yourself just how lucky do you feel?
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Luv,
I think this is a song about love in a dysfunctional relationship. The "Ultimate Fling" is a persistently loveless marriage. From the line about "licking the muck from the soles of the boots of your pride" the narrator is telling us that their relationship dynamic is dominant/submissive. Note that the roles in the song are irrespective of gender. The narrator could as easily be Mr. Nice Guy as an insecure woman.
The first stanza is the narrator suggesting that the couple fights and argues routinely. The narrator's opposite is quick to place the blame for the problems of their relationship on the narrator and the narrator responds with sarcasm. The narrator admits that he really does see himself as part of the problem when using the phrase "ashtrays filled with the fruit OUR transgressions". The sitcom (i.e. pathetic comedy) reruns day after day almost as if they enjoy comedic drama.
In the second stanza, the submissive narrator is looking for a reason to leave the relationship. However, he's too insecure to leave and instead keeps turning his cheek and threatening to leave but never does.
Love is blinding. The narrator's love for his partner covers her flaws and blinds the narrator to the manipulative and arbitrary cruelty (i.e. "my own kindhearted of just who we are"). The narrator runs away from his marriage vows but then always comes back against his better judgment.
The "blood hound of no better pedigree" is the narrator admiring to himself that he has a nose for sniffing out conflict and may be out for blood. Clearly he's not merely the victim of abuse - he's also out for blood (as a dog strikes out instinctively and violently when slighted).
"I'm moving into grace, something I can hold on, at the end of the day" is my favorite phrase in the song. It is the narrator trying to be kind and compassionate (i.e. fighting the animal instinct to attack). The phrase is also double entente. The narrator is using also using the term "grace" to symbolize praying for answers as to how he can be a more satisfactory partner.
In the end, the cycle repeats with the chorus repeating with the narrator threatening to leave "Someone's gotta pay" (the animal retaliation) followed by "ask yourself just how lucky do you feel?" (i.e. the narrator makes himself a target for abuse by threatening to leave but never having the courage to act.
Someone please interpret this song 'cause I can't....but wish to know what it means. Please :)
To summarize: a passive/agressive narrator is in love with a dominant and sadistic partner. The partner is constantly criticizing the narrator. In turn, the narrator defends himself like a rabid dog out for blood then retreats to his passive state of "turning cheeks". The pattern repeats with the chorus until the song slowly fades out of existence with a guitar effect that captures the television sound commonly associated with waking from a dream.
To summarize: a passive/agressive narrator is in love with a dominant and sadistic partner. The partner is constantly criticizing the narrator. In turn, the narrator defends himself like a rabid dog out for blood then retreats to his passive state of "turning cheeks". The pattern repeats with the chorus until the song slowly fades out of existence with a guitar effect that captures the television sound commonly associated with waking from a dream.