Such a wonderful song. In my opinion, the narrator of the song knows a girl who is cheerful, but in a lot of pain/extremely troubled. She doesn't trust a single person ("only fools rush in"). She buries her pain and loses herself in sex and promiscuity. Men flock after her because she's too tired to say no to anything, and she watches them "fall at [her] feet", always smiling and never stopping for breath. But, though the men get physically close to her, they always "look but never touch" - she never lets anyone get close to who she really is.
The song almost seems to be sung from the perspective of one of these pursuant men. Amazing, powerful stuff.
Also, I think it's supposed to be "only fools rush in", ala Shakespeare.
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Such a wonderful song. In my opinion, the narrator of the song knows a girl who is cheerful, but in a lot of pain/extremely troubled. She doesn't trust a single person ("only fools rush in"). She buries her pain and loses herself in sex and promiscuity. Men flock after her because she's too tired to say no to anything, and she watches them "fall at [her] feet", always smiling and never stopping for breath. But, though the men get physically close to her, they always "look but never touch" - she never lets anyone get close to who she really is.
The song almost seems to be sung from the perspective of one of these pursuant men. Amazing, powerful stuff.
Also, I think it's supposed to be "only fools rush in", ala Shakespeare.