This song is really clever, i think it's brave of sting to aprouch a subject like this. i think he has compassion for both characters in it - he's not saying the girl is a slut for loving her teacher, and he isn't saying the guy is a pervert. infact if anything, he's giving the guy cudos. the imagary of the teacher seeing the girl out in the rain at the bus stop, having to stop himself from offering her a ride - it's those details that really give this music life. This is just an amazing song, about sexuality and like people above me have said - forbidden fruit.
This song is really clever, i think it's brave of sting to aprouch a subject like this. i think he has compassion for both characters in it - he's not saying the girl is a slut for loving her teacher, and he isn't saying the guy is a pervert. infact if anything, he's giving the guy cudos. the imagary of the teacher seeing the girl out in the rain at the bus stop, having to stop himself from offering her a ride - it's those details that really give this music life. This is just an amazing song, about sexuality and like people above me have said - forbidden fruit.