I've always found this song very haunting. There's something so searing about the opening moments-musically-
and his voice is such a lovely combination of sensuality and vulnerability. Although there is definately
a steamy quality to the song, I don't interpret it as describing an exclusively physical longing- I think it
describes well the struggle to not make yourself vulnerable to a person or situation that logically you know,
for whatever reason, will ultimately lead to hurt, no matter how alluring it seems at the time, while already
having emotionally landed in a place where you can't really back out without accruing some sort of damage.
It is a horrible, exhilarating place to be...you want to tell the person to go away, only to avoid the hurt, but
you can't, and you already know-somehow- you will regret it in the end. Theres something interesting about the
way the lyrics play with time frame- the chorus sounds very urgent, very "in the now"-in terms of his emotional
state, although the rest of the lyrics seem to be reflecting back on something in the past, kind of adds to the
overall theme of conflicting emotions, and the emotional tension they cause. The "nobody loves noone" or whatever
to that effect he says at the end is just the saddest- in the end, even the most vivid, urgent love can end up
feeling so hollow, so wrung dry of all it's mystery, compassion, and sexuality- and make you wonder if it's
ultimately just about what feels gratifying at the moment, reguardless of long term damage. So raw and sad.
I've always found this song very haunting. There's something so searing about the opening moments-musically- and his voice is such a lovely combination of sensuality and vulnerability. Although there is definately a steamy quality to the song, I don't interpret it as describing an exclusively physical longing- I think it describes well the struggle to not make yourself vulnerable to a person or situation that logically you know, for whatever reason, will ultimately lead to hurt, no matter how alluring it seems at the time, while already having emotionally landed in a place where you can't really back out without accruing some sort of damage. It is a horrible, exhilarating place to be...you want to tell the person to go away, only to avoid the hurt, but you can't, and you already know-somehow- you will regret it in the end. Theres something interesting about the way the lyrics play with time frame- the chorus sounds very urgent, very "in the now"-in terms of his emotional state, although the rest of the lyrics seem to be reflecting back on something in the past, kind of adds to the overall theme of conflicting emotions, and the emotional tension they cause. The "nobody loves noone" or whatever to that effect he says at the end is just the saddest- in the end, even the most vivid, urgent love can end up feeling so hollow, so wrung dry of all it's mystery, compassion, and sexuality- and make you wonder if it's ultimately just about what feels gratifying at the moment, reguardless of long term damage. So raw and sad.