this is obviously about rentboys. good, self-explanatory lyrics. the singing conveys feelings helplessness and sadness. He pays his rent and he loves him, it's so easy. "You give me love, I feed it" is also a good line.
I think it's ambiguous. OT1H there is the obvious "rent boy" reference; OTOH, it sounds like it could be equally (if not more so) about a "sugar daddy." I think the lyrics are suggesting that even relationships that aren't overtly for-pay may easily involve a certain sort of prostitution, of monetary exchange, and the theme of the song is that ambiguity.
I think it's ambiguous. OT1H there is the obvious "rent boy" reference; OTOH, it sounds like it could be equally (if not more so) about a "sugar daddy." I think the lyrics are suggesting that even relationships that aren't overtly for-pay may easily involve a certain sort of prostitution, of monetary exchange, and the theme of the song is that ambiguity.
I thought the lyric was "you give me love, I feel it." I also thought it was "puppet," but that could easily be a linguistic bias (I'm American).
Regrettably, I don't have a recording...
I thought the lyric was "you give me love, I feel it." I also thought it was "puppet," but that could easily be a linguistic bias (I'm American).
Regrettably, I don't have a recording of the song that I can listen to readily. Much to my embarrassment, I only have it on...get ready for this...cassette tape!
@eric_m No, it is not about "rent boys". it is about a female mistress or call girl, as the author has explained, not about homosexual coupling (which isnot sex, by the way).
@eric_m No, it is not about "rent boys". it is about a female mistress or call girl, as the author has explained, not about homosexual coupling (which isnot sex, by the way).
this is obviously about rentboys. good, self-explanatory lyrics. the singing conveys feelings helplessness and sadness. He pays his rent and he loves him, it's so easy. "You give me love, I feed it" is also a good line.
I think it's ambiguous. OT1H there is the obvious "rent boy" reference; OTOH, it sounds like it could be equally (if not more so) about a "sugar daddy." I think the lyrics are suggesting that even relationships that aren't overtly for-pay may easily involve a certain sort of prostitution, of monetary exchange, and the theme of the song is that ambiguity.
I think it's ambiguous. OT1H there is the obvious "rent boy" reference; OTOH, it sounds like it could be equally (if not more so) about a "sugar daddy." I think the lyrics are suggesting that even relationships that aren't overtly for-pay may easily involve a certain sort of prostitution, of monetary exchange, and the theme of the song is that ambiguity.
I thought the lyric was "you give me love, I feel it." I also thought it was "puppet," but that could easily be a linguistic bias (I'm American). Regrettably, I don't have a recording...
I thought the lyric was "you give me love, I feel it." I also thought it was "puppet," but that could easily be a linguistic bias (I'm American). Regrettably, I don't have a recording of the song that I can listen to readily. Much to my embarrassment, I only have it on...get ready for this...cassette tape!
@eric_m No, it is not about "rent boys". it is about a female mistress or call girl, as the author has explained, not about homosexual coupling (which isnot sex, by the way).
@eric_m No, it is not about "rent boys". it is about a female mistress or call girl, as the author has explained, not about homosexual coupling (which isnot sex, by the way).