this is one of my favorite songs. to me, it expresses the utter flatulence of "open mindedness" and all the alternative lifestyles that go along with it.
Here's what I think. She's been a cosmo woman, cohabitating with her bf, but gets left. and it's not the first time, either. it always hurts her, so she trys to find enlightenment. but it turned out to be empty.
Then, she goes on to prove the point of the song (i.e. not learning): "but I'll be fine 'cause / I live and I learn"
It's only in the last frame she concedes the truth. It may be impossible to really learn by "living" in the way that she has been. one of my coworkers said she had to stop having "relationships" for two years before the right guy came along (one who she knew would stay with her).
Read the sociology research... cohabitation (and all that it entails) is more emotionally destructive than staying single. So either get married, and /stay/ that way (else what's the point?), or stay single!! oh, you didn't hear me. well... fly on little bird.
this is one of my favorite songs. to me, it expresses the utter flatulence of "open mindedness" and all the alternative lifestyles that go along with it.
Here's what I think. She's been a cosmo woman, cohabitating with her bf, but gets left. and it's not the first time, either. it always hurts her, so she trys to find enlightenment. but it turned out to be empty.
Then, she goes on to prove the point of the song (i.e. not learning): "but I'll be fine 'cause / I live and I learn"
It's only in the last frame she concedes the truth. It may be impossible to really learn by "living" in the way that she has been. one of my coworkers said she had to stop having "relationships" for two years before the right guy came along (one who she knew would stay with her).
Read the sociology research... cohabitation (and all that it entails) is more emotionally destructive than staying single. So either get married, and /stay/ that way (else what's the point?), or stay single!! oh, you didn't hear me. well... fly on little bird.