i kinda think schoofchen's analysis is interesting and i would agree entirely. However, I'd just like to put forward an argument of my own: i think that in the first verse, the singer has just started going out with this girl who he believes is way out of his league and he can't believe his luck! " I'd like to say, that I was on your mind
So I phone you at ten past three, in the afternoon" he phones her on the other side of the world (for whatever reason) just because he can and he is so smitten with her and believes she is with him.
In the second verse, i think he acknowledges that he worships her but does not really have a very romantic approach with her, "I'm such a nice man to you, but so obscene" - hes really good to her but does not treat her with respect, Jackie Big Tits being a very derrogatory term.
In the third verse, the two are having a fall out and he realises that perhaps she does not like him as much as he does her and is quite harsh to him when she 'speaks her mind'. Then he realises perhaps he is being bullied and manipulated by her motivated by his obsession. note how 'you only go around' changes to 'you cant push me around' showing he has grown stronger and is no longer afraid to lose her. He has seen the light. I know i am probably wrong but just a thought i had.
Fantastic song though. best on the album.
i kinda think schoofchen's analysis is interesting and i would agree entirely. However, I'd just like to put forward an argument of my own: i think that in the first verse, the singer has just started going out with this girl who he believes is way out of his league and he can't believe his luck! " I'd like to say, that I was on your mind So I phone you at ten past three, in the afternoon" he phones her on the other side of the world (for whatever reason) just because he can and he is so smitten with her and believes she is with him. In the second verse, i think he acknowledges that he worships her but does not really have a very romantic approach with her, "I'm such a nice man to you, but so obscene" - hes really good to her but does not treat her with respect, Jackie Big Tits being a very derrogatory term. In the third verse, the two are having a fall out and he realises that perhaps she does not like him as much as he does her and is quite harsh to him when she 'speaks her mind'. Then he realises perhaps he is being bullied and manipulated by her motivated by his obsession. note how 'you only go around' changes to 'you cant push me around' showing he has grown stronger and is no longer afraid to lose her. He has seen the light. I know i am probably wrong but just a thought i had. Fantastic song though. best on the album.