I agree with partenopei, this song is about how men lust after women. It's an insight into how a man's mind works. When Cave sings about the devil laying beside you, I take it to mean that all men have this devil-like nature when it to comes to sex and that the man laying beside you is no different (despite what you may think). I read an interview with Cave once and he said that he thinks women like his songs because the songs give them an insight into men's minds and confirm what they probably have always known about...
I agree with partenopei, this song is about how men lust after women. It's an insight into how a man's mind works. When Cave sings about the devil laying beside you, I take it to mean that all men have this devil-like nature when it to comes to sex and that the man laying beside you is no different (despite what you may think). I read an interview with Cave once and he said that he thinks women like his songs because the songs give them an insight into men's minds and confirm what they probably have always known about men...that is what this song is doing.
In general I think this song is basically saying a man will do anything and say anything to get a woman to have sex with him when he wants it...which is pretty much all the time, 'I will be your lover man, whatever you want me to be, but please have sex with me!'.
this song is simply about LUST.
I agree with partenopei, this song is about how men lust after women. It's an insight into how a man's mind works. When Cave sings about the devil laying beside you, I take it to mean that all men have this devil-like nature when it to comes to sex and that the man laying beside you is no different (despite what you may think). I read an interview with Cave once and he said that he thinks women like his songs because the songs give them an insight into men's minds and confirm what they probably have always known about...
I agree with partenopei, this song is about how men lust after women. It's an insight into how a man's mind works. When Cave sings about the devil laying beside you, I take it to mean that all men have this devil-like nature when it to comes to sex and that the man laying beside you is no different (despite what you may think). I read an interview with Cave once and he said that he thinks women like his songs because the songs give them an insight into men's minds and confirm what they probably have always known about men...that is what this song is doing.
In general I think this song is basically saying a man will do anything and say anything to get a woman to have sex with him when he wants it...which is pretty much all the time, 'I will be your lover man, whatever you want me to be, but please have sex with me!'.