This must be about a very difficult relationship, perhaps even love-hate.
Interestingly, Dominique Francon and Peter Keating of the 'Fountainhead' (Ayn Rand is an amazing writer!) keep entering my mind when I read the lyrics. In a nutshell, the relationship between these two, as far as I have read, is strained, first of all, because the woman is an unpredictable and intelligent ice queen who only entertains her suitors; second because the man is the paragon of modern youth, but underneath it all pathetic, vain, in love, and simply "happy to hang around"--that is, willing to be entertained by the woman, if only in the role of a jester. Hmm...
Of course, it can always just be about not ruining a friendship by starting a relationship.
This must be about a very difficult relationship, perhaps even love-hate.
Interestingly, Dominique Francon and Peter Keating of the 'Fountainhead' (Ayn Rand is an amazing writer!) keep entering my mind when I read the lyrics. In a nutshell, the relationship between these two, as far as I have read, is strained, first of all, because the woman is an unpredictable and intelligent ice queen who only entertains her suitors; second because the man is the paragon of modern youth, but underneath it all pathetic, vain, in love, and simply "happy to hang around"--that is, willing to be entertained by the woman, if only in the role of a jester. Hmm...
Of course, it can always just be about not ruining a friendship by starting a relationship.