"Crash Into Me" as written by and David John Matthews....
You've got your ball
You've got your chain
Tied to me tight tie me up again
Who's got their claws
In you my friend
Into your heart I'll beat again
Sweet like candy to my soul
Sweet you rock
And sweet you roll
Lost for you I'm so lost for you
You come crash into me
And I come into you,
I come into you
In a boys dream
In a boys dream
Touch your lips just so I know
In your eyes, love, it glows so
I'm bare-boned and crazy for you
When you come crash
Into me, baby
And I come into you
In a boys dream
In a boys dream
If I've gone overboard
Then I'm begging you
To forgive me
In my haste
When I'm holding you so girl
Close to me
Oh and you come crash
Into me, baby
And I come into you
Hike up your skirt a little more
And show the world to me
Hike up your skirt a little more
And show your world to me
In a boy's dream, in a boy's dream
Oh I watch you there
Through the window
And I stare at you
You wear nothing but you
Wear it so well
Tied up and twisted,
The way I'd like to be
For you, for me, come crash
Into me
Baby oh Crash into me
Crash into me
Crash into me
Crash into me
I'm the king of the castle
Your a dirty rascle, crash into me!
You've got your chain
Tied to me tight tie me up again
Who's got their claws
In you my friend
Into your heart I'll beat again
Sweet like candy to my soul
Sweet you rock
And sweet you roll
Lost for you I'm so lost for you
You come crash into me
And I come into you,
I come into you
In a boys dream
In a boys dream
Touch your lips just so I know
In your eyes, love, it glows so
I'm bare-boned and crazy for you
When you come crash
Into me, baby
And I come into you
In a boys dream
In a boys dream
If I've gone overboard
Then I'm begging you
To forgive me
In my haste
When I'm holding you so girl
Close to me
Oh and you come crash
Into me, baby
And I come into you
Hike up your skirt a little more
And show the world to me
Hike up your skirt a little more
And show your world to me
In a boy's dream, in a boy's dream
Oh I watch you there
Through the window
And I stare at you
You wear nothing but you
Wear it so well
Tied up and twisted,
The way I'd like to be
For you, for me, come crash
Into me
Baby oh Crash into me
Crash into me
Crash into me
Crash into me
I'm the king of the castle
Your a dirty rascle, crash into me!
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"Crash Into Me" as written by David John Matthews
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I often wonder about the backgrounds and upbringing and experiences of many people who comment here; their comments, (and mine too), are telling of who they are, what they value, what their worldview is, religious or spiritual beliefs, etc.
This song isn't "dirty." It's sensual.
I really feel sorry for those who don't live in the sensual world, who regard lyrics with even a hint of sex as "dirty."
"Hike up your skirt a little more and show the world to me" is purposefully adolescent in its frankness, but it is also the words of a sensual, full grown adult. You can be reactionary and holler it's dirty, but that would be premature. Or, you can chill out and think of the slow love, the sensual love, and the mystery that is a woman.
Your pick.
Have a nice day.
I Saw an interview with carter. Dave wrote the song about his girlfriend ( now wife) He was said and missed her after she left the studio. It's about his deep love for his now-wife.
It's about the need to be with her and his true love for her both sexually and emotionally. HOW HE COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT HER.
This is from a founding band member. Dave sings about making love, not just sex.
He shares the weight of her responsibilities, feels her pain, hears the beating of her heart; he loses himself in the beauty of her movements, desires to see the glow of love in her eyes but mostly he lusts after her in a way that is almost apologetically base.
This song is delicate, intimate and dirty - it's an honest and playful celebration of lust. And why not?
Crash into me girl.
Love your analogy, I read it the same. And this song is so personal to me. A boy i went to high school with, and i never knew he existed, pretty much crashed into me at a nightclub when we were 30, but he desperately wanted kids, i didnt, so we parted ways. Now we are nearing 60 and we have just met up again. Its this song, all of it. In this boys dream. I love this song
Anyway, my interpretation. It's definitely not an admiration from afar... it's to someone he knows extremely well as a person and a lover. What gives the idea that it's about a past relationship? I didn't get that at all. I got it as a song about being IN a love affair, and just being so consumed by it that you never want it to end. "You've got your ball, you've got your chain/ Tied to me tight, tie me up again" is about being totally enthralled by someone, and only wanting to be even more so. I don't get the s and m reference out of it... the ball and chain tied to the person is just inescapable emotion, be it love or lust.
Just my two cents.
He lays it all out on the line for her, loves her to no end "I'm bare boned and crazy for you"
When he is holding her he knows she feels the same "In your eyes, love, it glows so", but theres someone else in the way... "Whos got their claws in you my friend" and thats why he forever feels like he is watching her "through the window"
He knows that he will continue to let her use him though, even though it hurts "You've got your ball, you've got your chain,tied to me tight,TIE ME UP AGAIN" so he waits for her because he knows that in that moment when they make love...its so perfect. So incredibly perfect that its like a "boys dream"
I think at this point though...she is trying to distance herself from him for maybe her societal commitments to her husband if she has one??? She feels that maybe she is in too deep and she has to get out... and thats when he says "If I've gone overboard then I'm begging you to forgive me" He saying he doesnt care if she has to distance herself, he doesnt mind that she cant see him as much, as long as she will see him at all... He will continue to wait for her...for that one moment when they are "tied up and twisted"
It's like a little game of cat and mouse. Him chasing and her running because he chases. I always loved the opening line:
"You've got your ball you've got your chain, tied to me tight, tie me up again"
I see it as being happily bound to another person. It's so poetic and touching in it's expression of love and attraction.
You’ve got your ball
you’ve got your chain
Tied to me tight tie me up again
When a ball and chain is tied to a person by another, it means that their relationship is strong. When it is tied to them tightly, and it is repetitively tied to them again and again, it means it is even more than that: it is unbreakable.
Who’s got their claws
in you my friend
Into your heart I’ll beat again
Something is holding her back in a negative manner from him. Either it’s another relationship or set of ones, not necessarily romantic, or something else. Thus, the reference to claws, which generate the image of these sharp nails piercing the skin, and not letting go. This has nothing to do with him, but it is something external that affects her for one reason or another, that is not allowing her to be open or honest with him. He sees her as a friend first, which is a precondition to a love-based relationship, but he also knows that he’ll always be within her heart as more than that. Previously, something may have removed him from her heart, and it may have been due to whatever had their claws in her. But, he is optimistic that he will regain his presence inside of it.
Sweet like candy to my soul
Sweet you rock
and sweet you roll
Lost for you I’m so lost for you
Just like candy is revered by a child, in particular, a boy, whichever way she moves, while sleeping or otherwise (yes, even sexually), he is completely smitten with her.
You come crash into me
And I come into you,
When something crashes into you, it causes a “boom”, and it’s usually unexpected. That’s how he feels about these feelings he’s having for her. When someone crashes into another, both affect each other, and so he also “comes” into her. This part of the song is also sexually suggestive, and I won’t go into detail how.
Touch your lips just so I know
As the lips are suggestive of love as they are what we kiss with, he’s making a request to her to give him a sign on whether she feels the same way about him as he does about her by requesting her to touch her lips.
In your eyes, love, it glows so
As the eyes are the “windows to the soul”, he can see and feel that she loves him too, even though he desires a sign like the one requested in the previous verse.
I’m bare-boned and crazy for you
He’s completely open and naked (emotionally, psychologically, romantically, etc.), although even more than that, as the metaphor suggests even his skin is completely gone which is the first barrier against body damage from external elements. Also, metaphorically, we wear different skins to protect ourselves on an emotional level. He’s so in love with and is so trusting of her, he feels no need to wear any skins.
In a boys dream
The experience is so surreal, that it feels like the fantasy of a boy who is infatuated with that beautiful woman he sees as unattainable but has somehow captured.
If I’ve gone overboard
Then I’m begging you
to forgive me
In my haste
He’s thinking that maybe he revealed too much, or is being too quick and open with his feelings, and it has scared her away. If so, he’s pleading with her to not hold it against him because of this hold she has over him. It reminds me of Brian Adam’s lyrics “Please forgive me, I know not what I do. Please forgive me, if I can’t stop loving you. Don’t deny me, this pain I’m going through. Please forgive me, if I need you like I do.”
When I’m holding you so girl…
close to me
Although this holding can be seen as physical, it is also metaphorical. She’s very near to him, very close.
Hike up your skirt a little more
and show the world to me
Hike up your skirt a little more
and show your world to me
This is the most sexually suggestive part of the song, but it is more than that. He’s asking her to open up, to let her emotional guard down, to become naked, and uses sexual imagery to do so. Everyone knows what a woman’s skirt hides, so I will leave it at that. It represents something private, not to be given lightly, and treasured. What’s key in these lines, is he moves from the impersonal, as in a “boy’s dream” - “the world” - to the personal, as in reality - “your world” - when he requests her to essentially show everything to him.
Oh I watch you there
through the window
And I stare at you
You wear nothing but you
wear it so well
She not only looks physically beautiful to him when naked as he looks at her through the window, watching her through her eyes - again, which are the “windows to the soul” - he sees her soul as beautiful when it is bared. She’s beautiful without the front of clothing, and without her own self-imposed, personal barriers.
Tied up and twisted,
the way I’d like to be
For you, for me, come crash
into me
He doesn’t care if he’s all tied up and twisted with emotions for her, this emotional binding made explicit through the imagery of physical binding and coming full circle with the beginning of the song, it’s the way he wants to be. So he says, “crash into me” for the sake of both of us.
I’m the king of the castle,
you’re the dirty rascal
Playfulness is part and parcel of a love-based relationship.
THIS SONG OWNS.
Yes, I did catch what you think are S&M references. "You've got your ball, you've got your chain, tied to me tighter, tie me up again.." .. and ".. tied up and twisted, the way I'd like to be.."
1) The former, as explained earlier, is a (what I also agree with, believe) reference to a previous relationship that he wants to be in again. The latter, I can interpret two ways.. well, three..
One, she's tied up. Probably not. Two, maybe a reference to clothing that she might've donned. Something sexy. Probably not. Three, she's modeling herself in front of a mirror. Maybe.
Or, hell, maybe it's poetic nonsense describing the glow of love? That's what I take "crash into me" as. I don't think someone is literally going to crash into me. Just that explosion of emotion and sensuality and passion.
Crash into me.
Basically, though, I see the song as a broken love that he wants to feel again.
I so want to play this song on my wedding night. The way the music builds up, it's so sexy..
Hate to burst your bubble all these years later but look up vh1 storytellers. In particular crash into me, just before tim and him start playing he tell everyone what the song is about.
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