pete wrote this song for kate.
before her whole "cocaine kate scandal", vogue asked her to do a song with pete for her editorial in one issue of the magazines publication.
he wrote "la belle et la bete" or "the beauty and the beast" based upon their relationship and her feelings.
when he sings "You've turned your back upon her
One too many times
Spent all her hard earned money
Just getting high... she sang..."
he is refering to himself spending all her money on drugs.
when kate sings "is she more beautiful than me" she is speaking of the drugs, asking pete if they are more beautiful than she is. if he wants them more than her.
*one correction is he says "the other was a pikey with a knowledge of scripture" not "another description".
and i have no idea what he is saying after he stumbles out of the pub or "boozer", yet i like that i can't tell because it adds something to the song. almost like were not supposed to get it cause he's too fucked up to make sense when he leaves the pub.
fuck forever!
pete wrote this song for kate. before her whole "cocaine kate scandal", vogue asked her to do a song with pete for her editorial in one issue of the magazines publication. he wrote "la belle et la bete" or "the beauty and the beast" based upon their relationship and her feelings. when he sings "You've turned your back upon her One too many times Spent all her hard earned money Just getting high... she sang..." he is refering to himself spending all her money on drugs. when kate sings "is she more beautiful than me" she is speaking of the drugs, asking pete if they are more beautiful than she is. if he wants them more than her.
*one correction is he says "the other was a pikey with a knowledge of scripture" not "another description". and i have no idea what he is saying after he stumbles out of the pub or "boozer", yet i like that i can't tell because it adds something to the song. almost like were not supposed to get it cause he's too fucked up to make sense when he leaves the pub. fuck forever!