I agree with thequiettype. The more I listen to this song, the more I almost can't stand it. It's a good song, I think it's really catchy and everything, but I just really don't like the lyrics.
The girl he's singing about doesn't seem like a good catch and the lyrics paint him as naive with the way he's hopelessly obsessed with this girl who, as thequiettype pointed out, isn't that appealing.
"Yeah he's a looker/But I really think it's guts that matter most/I displayed them for you/Strung out about from coast to coast/I am easily make-believe/Just dress me up in what you want me to be"
Those lyrics nearly make me cringe because, to me, it screams of naivety that he's comparing the other guy's looks with his personality when the two are not comparable. And the fact that he's stating how he'd conform to whatever she wanted him to be and change who he is so she'd come back to him just makes me embarrassed for him.
"Why can't you just love me back?"
This line bothers me too because my interpretation is that he's so stuck on this one girl that he can't understand why she won't reciprocate his feelings. It just annoys me that he seems to make it sound like it's should be simple for her to love him without taking into account that it's completely over. But, I guess that's the point.
I agree with thequiettype. The more I listen to this song, the more I almost can't stand it. It's a good song, I think it's really catchy and everything, but I just really don't like the lyrics.
The girl he's singing about doesn't seem like a good catch and the lyrics paint him as naive with the way he's hopelessly obsessed with this girl who, as thequiettype pointed out, isn't that appealing.
"Yeah he's a looker/But I really think it's guts that matter most/I displayed them for you/Strung out about from coast to coast/I am easily make-believe/Just dress me up in what you want me to be"
Those lyrics nearly make me cringe because, to me, it screams of naivety that he's comparing the other guy's looks with his personality when the two are not comparable. And the fact that he's stating how he'd conform to whatever she wanted him to be and change who he is so she'd come back to him just makes me embarrassed for him.
"Why can't you just love me back?"
This line bothers me too because my interpretation is that he's so stuck on this one girl that he can't understand why she won't reciprocate his feelings. It just annoys me that he seems to make it sound like it's should be simple for her to love him without taking into account that it's completely over. But, I guess that's the point.