Well, yes the Strokes, and Julian make us all want to have sex. I saw them live once, and damn taht was hot. Anyway, I have spent a lot of time thinking about this song, and here is what i have come up with:
It is about a girl who is just now 18, and therefore thinks that she has a little power, because although she is just barely legal, she is indeed now legal. Enter the song't narrator. Maybe in his mid to later 20s, he has really screwed up everything. Out of luck, out of money, and confused about where his life is going, and abnout what to do next. Somehow these two people at these strange stages of their lives meet, and it all happens.
A tumutlous relationship ensues, in which this girl, a virgin, and who has never really had a boyfirend before believes that finally she has met some great man, and expects to have a mature relationship, but at the same time has no idea what this means, so she is fine in this strange relationship inwhich, he doesn't show up on weekdays, won't tell her his age (today's the day when I was born) a guy who only wants to satisfy his own needs ( I want to steal your innosence, i just want to mis-a-behaive, etc) but her needs are totally overlooked (he says: you won't leave me alone, you just ask for more) Things get more complicated, though.....He tells her finally "drive you to work and you'll be on tiime" to me, this is an allusion to a pregnancy scare, which of course makes the two a little nervous, he not wanting anythig other than to have sex with a younger girl in order to attempt tp give his life meaning, and her not exactly in any position for anything like this. He is willing, though to let this problem be his and not hers, as if he will right it however nesicarry. Thinsgs in the end, though went well. Nothing happened, it was just a scare. They though as a result of this maybe then ended the physical aspect of the relationship, and are able to appear as just best friends. I think that both of the characters, though learned something from all of this and he, being the older one, the one who would of course be set with the blame makes sure that "the things we did, the things y ou hide are for the record just between you and I" to save his own ass. I donno, that was really poorly explained..sorry. I do think though that it is really about a relationship between an older man and a younger girl, one could say that se is even like 17, and not even quite legal. I also think that even though this guy is a loser, this girl is still really too naive to figure anything out, and is more than anything thrilled to be dating or whatever him. They are maybe in escence using eachother, he to prove thath he is not getting old, because he can still date and have sex younger chicks, and her becuase she is young, but feels powerful for being able to catch the attention, and date an older guy.
Well, yes the Strokes, and Julian make us all want to have sex. I saw them live once, and damn taht was hot. Anyway, I have spent a lot of time thinking about this song, and here is what i have come up with:
It is about a girl who is just now 18, and therefore thinks that she has a little power, because although she is just barely legal, she is indeed now legal. Enter the song't narrator. Maybe in his mid to later 20s, he has really screwed up everything. Out of luck, out of money, and confused about where his life is going, and abnout what to do next. Somehow these two people at these strange stages of their lives meet, and it all happens.
A tumutlous relationship ensues, in which this girl, a virgin, and who has never really had a boyfirend before believes that finally she has met some great man, and expects to have a mature relationship, but at the same time has no idea what this means, so she is fine in this strange relationship inwhich, he doesn't show up on weekdays, won't tell her his age (today's the day when I was born) a guy who only wants to satisfy his own needs ( I want to steal your innosence, i just want to mis-a-behaive, etc) but her needs are totally overlooked (he says: you won't leave me alone, you just ask for more) Things get more complicated, though.....He tells her finally "drive you to work and you'll be on tiime" to me, this is an allusion to a pregnancy scare, which of course makes the two a little nervous, he not wanting anythig other than to have sex with a younger girl in order to attempt tp give his life meaning, and her not exactly in any position for anything like this. He is willing, though to let this problem be his and not hers, as if he will right it however nesicarry. Thinsgs in the end, though went well. Nothing happened, it was just a scare. They though as a result of this maybe then ended the physical aspect of the relationship, and are able to appear as just best friends. I think that both of the characters, though learned something from all of this and he, being the older one, the one who would of course be set with the blame makes sure that "the things we did, the things y ou hide are for the record just between you and I" to save his own ass. I donno, that was really poorly explained..sorry. I do think though that it is really about a relationship between an older man and a younger girl, one could say that se is even like 17, and not even quite legal. I also think that even though this guy is a loser, this girl is still really too naive to figure anything out, and is more than anything thrilled to be dating or whatever him. They are maybe in escence using eachother, he to prove thath he is not getting old, because he can still date and have sex younger chicks, and her becuase she is young, but feels powerful for being able to catch the attention, and date an older guy.