Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
"This elevator only takes one down", she said,
"this place, this hotel lounge
It's my daily bread...
But I'm underfed"
He asked:
"are you living in the night?
'Cause I can tell you have a lousy imagination
And as a matter of speaking
I hate this situation...
But it happens to be one of my pickin'"
"Cause it's so hard
To keep the dream alive
'Cause if it all comes down to this
How will..."
You move me, you move me
You move me around around, I guess
Take it back your analogue
It's on the other side of this (x2)
'Cause if it all comes down to this
How will...
And then she said:
"and have another cigarette"
I tend to forget (but anyway I don't smoke that shit)
And hoisted the flag
But it keeps hanging down
"You know this place, this hotel lounge
It's my life, it's my choice
And I'm in love
With Ricky Lee Jones' voice"
'Cause it's so hard
To keep the dream alive
And if it all comes down to this
How will...
You move me, you move me
You move me around around, I guess
Take it back your analogue
It's on the other side of this [Repeat: x5]
How will glamour survive? [Repeat: x4]
And if it all comes down to this...
"This elevator only takes one down", she said,
"this place in this same old town"
"Do you see that man
In the left-hand corner
Do you see that woman
Their love-story's famous"
"this place, this hotel lounge
It's my daily bread...
But I'm underfed"
He asked:
"are you living in the night?
'Cause I can tell you have a lousy imagination
And as a matter of speaking
I hate this situation...
But it happens to be one of my pickin'"
"Cause it's so hard
To keep the dream alive
'Cause if it all comes down to this
How will..."
You move me, you move me
You move me around around, I guess
Take it back your analogue
It's on the other side of this (x2)
'Cause if it all comes down to this
How will...
And then she said:
"and have another cigarette"
I tend to forget (but anyway I don't smoke that shit)
And hoisted the flag
But it keeps hanging down
"You know this place, this hotel lounge
It's my life, it's my choice
And I'm in love
With Ricky Lee Jones' voice"
'Cause it's so hard
To keep the dream alive
And if it all comes down to this
How will...
You move me, you move me
You move me around around, I guess
Take it back your analogue
It's on the other side of this [Repeat: x5]
How will glamour survive? [Repeat: x4]
And if it all comes down to this...
"This elevator only takes one down", she said,
"this place in this same old town"
"Do you see that man
In the left-hand corner
Do you see that woman
Their love-story's famous"
Lyrics submitted by Don Jerone
Hotellounge (Be the Death of Me) Lyrics as written by Klaas Janssens Julien De Borgher
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
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Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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