i don't know what i think when i hear this song. it's so catchy and quirky. the opening lines about the ocean definitely set the scene for me: i think of a crowded boardwalk next to the ocean. you know, the kind with carnivals and vendors and horrible plastic souvenirs... well, this narrator-man is just hanging out on a beach towel watching all the families and couples and "happy people." (okay, i usually think of songs as music videos, so this is just my interpretation) he's probably with some buddies and they wanna pick up chicks or something so they go up to the boardwalk itself. and all this time he's thinking: i want something serious; a sweet and honest girl who can me an honest man. meanwhile, he doesn't see any rings on those fingers. all the couples are flightly and flaky, girls and guys who will turn out to be just summer flings. life in that town is just a joke... he must have had fun wishing, but now his heart is broke. it's hard to think of commitment and serious relationships when all he's come face-to-face with are surface lusts and teenage flings.
that's what i see when i hear this song. i think it's catchy and cute, but not really a deep, deep song. it's addressing non-commital relationships from a more light-hearted angle.
i don't know what i think when i hear this song. it's so catchy and quirky. the opening lines about the ocean definitely set the scene for me: i think of a crowded boardwalk next to the ocean. you know, the kind with carnivals and vendors and horrible plastic souvenirs... well, this narrator-man is just hanging out on a beach towel watching all the families and couples and "happy people." (okay, i usually think of songs as music videos, so this is just my interpretation) he's probably with some buddies and they wanna pick up chicks or something so they go up to the boardwalk itself. and all this time he's thinking: i want something serious; a sweet and honest girl who can me an honest man. meanwhile, he doesn't see any rings on those fingers. all the couples are flightly and flaky, girls and guys who will turn out to be just summer flings. life in that town is just a joke... he must have had fun wishing, but now his heart is broke. it's hard to think of commitment and serious relationships when all he's come face-to-face with are surface lusts and teenage flings. that's what i see when i hear this song. i think it's catchy and cute, but not really a deep, deep song. it's addressing non-commital relationships from a more light-hearted angle.