I always thought this song was written from a heterosexual males perspective (which I am) and I always thought Regina was amazingly insightful for having written such a true song from that perspective. I may be wrong. Perhaps that's what makes this song great: everybody instantly feels it was written from their perspective. For the record, my interpretation is of a guy who is a little creepy and misses his ex (who is probably younger than him) for all the wrong reasons: her body and the sex. He IS heartbroken, but he mostly misses the sex. I don't think he's the one having trouble feeling the "bulges in their pants start to rise", I think he's a horny bastard who DOES feel like coming even while he feels like crying because it be with his ex. Bottom line, I think he's frustrated and lonely mostly because he's creepy, not because he can't get over his ex. He's just fixated on her because he can't get any from anybody else.
I think it's a beautiful song that is tragic yet manages to be funny since the guy is such a creep. You feel sorry for him, but not really.
I always thought this song was written from a heterosexual males perspective (which I am) and I always thought Regina was amazingly insightful for having written such a true song from that perspective. I may be wrong. Perhaps that's what makes this song great: everybody instantly feels it was written from their perspective. For the record, my interpretation is of a guy who is a little creepy and misses his ex (who is probably younger than him) for all the wrong reasons: her body and the sex. He IS heartbroken, but he mostly misses the sex. I don't think he's the one having trouble feeling the "bulges in their pants start to rise", I think he's a horny bastard who DOES feel like coming even while he feels like crying because it be with his ex. Bottom line, I think he's frustrated and lonely mostly because he's creepy, not because he can't get over his ex. He's just fixated on her because he can't get any from anybody else. I think it's a beautiful song that is tragic yet manages to be funny since the guy is such a creep. You feel sorry for him, but not really.