I don't think hes neccesarily saying he 'wants' a hook up - its more ironic in the sense hes resentful from being used as a rebound and hes accepting his status. Nobody likes 'old sardine' or 'bacon rind', they're more like bitter sarcastic comebacks I think.
At first it seems to apply that he was the type to just have meaningless encounters rather than the full mean - but then the 'walk a mile just to catch a smile from a fish without its brine' maybe shows that he was more obsessive and wanted this girl more than originally expected.
"I've walked a mile just to catch a smile from a fish without its brine"
"I've walked a mile just to catch a smile from a fish without its brine"
I think he's implying that that(the fish being the woman for him perhaps?) may be what he originally wanted, and in that want he had an obsession to find so much as a smile in a girl he truly loved.
I think he's implying that that(the fish being the woman for him perhaps?) may be what he originally wanted, and in that want he had an obsession to find so much as a smile in a girl he truly loved.
Though it would seem he walked that mile in vain, and through failing in that his general 'theme' in women had become much the same as the 'theme' in this song.
Though it would seem he walked that mile in vain, and through failing in that his general 'theme' in women had become much the same as the 'theme' in this song.
I don't think hes neccesarily saying he 'wants' a hook up - its more ironic in the sense hes resentful from being used as a rebound and hes accepting his status. Nobody likes 'old sardine' or 'bacon rind', they're more like bitter sarcastic comebacks I think. At first it seems to apply that he was the type to just have meaningless encounters rather than the full mean - but then the 'walk a mile just to catch a smile from a fish without its brine' maybe shows that he was more obsessive and wanted this girl more than originally expected.
"I've walked a mile just to catch a smile from a fish without its brine"
"I've walked a mile just to catch a smile from a fish without its brine"
I think he's implying that that(the fish being the woman for him perhaps?) may be what he originally wanted, and in that want he had an obsession to find so much as a smile in a girl he truly loved.
I think he's implying that that(the fish being the woman for him perhaps?) may be what he originally wanted, and in that want he had an obsession to find so much as a smile in a girl he truly loved.
Though it would seem he walked that mile in vain, and through failing in that his general 'theme' in women had become much the same as the 'theme' in this song.
Though it would seem he walked that mile in vain, and through failing in that his general 'theme' in women had become much the same as the 'theme' in this song.