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Nervous Bride Lyrics
The women are dressed up and they are up to no good
You're dressed up for liberation
You flash that fire flag you fly above
The bright hot sails of your eyes
They say vaguely goodbye
They say vaguely goodbye
There is a long delay in our words
Then there are no words
And I lay down tonight as nervous as a bride
She's not nervous but she tries
She's not nervous but she tries
And it's vaguely goodbye
And it's vaguely goodbye
And it's vaguely goodbye
You're dressed up for liberation
You flash that fire flag you fly above
The bright hot sails of your eyes
They say vaguely goodbye
Then there are no words
And I lay down tonight as nervous as a bride
She's not nervous but she tries
And it's vaguely goodbye
And it's vaguely goodbye
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The song is about jealousy. The narrator's woman is out with her friends. He interprets her act of dressing up, looking beautiful, and doing so separate from him (not specifically for him), as a threat. "They say vaguely goodbye."
He wants her to be beautiful, but only for him. In fact, he is threatened by the idea that se would even have a desire to be beautiful for any reason other than to please him. "You're dressed up for liberation."
In the context of other songs on the album, the 'evil temptress' is merely a woman. She is transformed into an 'evil temptress' in his mind "as I lay here tonight" through his insecurity "nervous as a bride."
my favourite songs song i think. not really sure what it's about, but i love "nervous as a bride, shes not but she tries" line and image.
Perhaps it's about a prostitute, or have i just made a fool of myself :) If it is, the irony of "nervous as a bride" makes it an even better song...
i think this one's about being on the rebound but not knowing if it's such a good idea or not.
vaguely seeing the "goodbye" in advance (like a red flag above the sails), seeing women dressed up and "up to no good," etc. anticipating trouble is something that comes up in a lot of molina's writing and i think this one is a pretty good example.