The Model Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Lady Stardust 

Cover art for The Model lyrics by Kraftwerk

First of all: these lyrics are completely wrong. This is the right version: She's a model and she's looking good I'd like to take her home that's understood She plays hard to get, she smiles from time to time It only takes a camera to change her mind

She's going out tonight but drinking just champagne And she has been checking nearly all the men She's playing her game and you can hear them say She is looking good, for beauty we will pay

She's posing for consumer products now and then For every camera she gives the best she can I saw her on the cover of a magazine Now she's a big success, I want to meet her again

I think it's about how people are obsessed with beauty ("She's looking good for beaty we will pay") and success ("Now she's a big success I want to meet her again").

Its about turning tricks and selling your ethics to advance in a superficial career

"She plays hard to get, she smiles from time to time It only takes a camera to change her mind"

Shes aware and observant of the important men that can get her where she needs to be

"And she has been checking nearly all the men She's playing her game and you can hear them say She is looking good, for beauty we will pay"

and despite the fact that shes a whore it doesnt seem to matter anymore, because:

"She's posing...