so, why no comments on this song? I guess it's not an easy one to interprete, but surely someone has to have some nice ideas...
what comes to my mind after hearing it a zillion times:
the chrysalis, the 'ever-loving man' is a fragile, almost unreal dream of the perfect guy, 'Mr Right', the one every woman out there dreams of; the perfect match, the father of her future babies, the best lover she ever had.
the midnight man is just one of her many lovers, a guy she's simply killing time with while still dreaming about someone else. it seems to be a purely sex-based relationship, at least for her... the 'midnight man' though is not really happy about the situation he's involved in. He's fully aware that he's just a toy, a lover whom she'll leave eventually, but he doesn't want to give in and tries to proove that a 'midnight man' is just as good for her.
He knows she's dreaming of someone else, he knows she probably had several other relationships like the one he's currently in, but still he keeps on fighting until one day he finally wakes up to realize that she left him and there is nothing he can really do about it...
It may be a stretch but because so much of this album alludes to The Odyssey, I again saw some allusions in this song. Everybody coming around to my place could be Penelopes suitors, Raising dorsal fin and walking upon the land reminds me of Odysseus' shipmates who were turned into dolphins and helped his ship in troubled times. "Between the wars
she still adores her ever-loving man." Penelope longing for odysseus while away at troy. And so on and so on.
It may be a stretch but because so much of this album alludes to The Odyssey, I again saw some allusions in this song. Everybody coming around to my place could be Penelopes suitors, Raising dorsal fin and walking upon the land reminds me of Odysseus' shipmates who were turned into dolphins and helped his ship in troubled times. "Between the wars
she still adores her ever-loving man." Penelope longing for odysseus while away at troy. And so on and so on.
It's early in the morning
and I don't know what to do.
It's early in the morning
and I can't believe it's true.
It's early in the morning
and it's happening again;
I called you once, I called you twice.
Ain't I your midnight man?
It's early in the morning
and I don't know what to do.
It's early in the morning
and I can't believe it's true.
It's early in the morning
and it's happening again;
I called you once, I called you twice.
Ain't I your midnight man?
work with the Odyssey, when Penelope tests Odysseus after he reveals himself the morning after he killed the suitors.
work with the Odyssey, when Penelope tests Odysseus after he reveals himself the morning after he killed the suitors.
LOL...y'all are wickedly creative, but soooooo far off. Women are not men. Most women don't want more than one man. One is plenty. One is work. Granted, he may be wonderful and take care of the bills; the bedroom; fixing crap around the house, but I have yet to meet EVEN ONE woman that wants a second man:) You've obviously never been married!
LOL...y'all are wickedly creative, but soooooo far off. Women are not men. Most women don't want more than one man. One is plenty. One is work. Granted, he may be wonderful and take care of the bills; the bedroom; fixing crap around the house, but I have yet to meet EVEN ONE woman that wants a second man:) You've obviously never been married!
so, why no comments on this song? I guess it's not an easy one to interprete, but surely someone has to have some nice ideas...
what comes to my mind after hearing it a zillion times:
the chrysalis, the 'ever-loving man' is a fragile, almost unreal dream of the perfect guy, 'Mr Right', the one every woman out there dreams of; the perfect match, the father of her future babies, the best lover she ever had.
the midnight man is just one of her many lovers, a guy she's simply killing time with while still dreaming about someone else. it seems to be a purely sex-based relationship, at least for her... the 'midnight man' though is not really happy about the situation he's involved in. He's fully aware that he's just a toy, a lover whom she'll leave eventually, but he doesn't want to give in and tries to proove that a 'midnight man' is just as good for her.
He knows she's dreaming of someone else, he knows she probably had several other relationships like the one he's currently in, but still he keeps on fighting until one day he finally wakes up to realize that she left him and there is nothing he can really do about it...
It may be a stretch but because so much of this album alludes to The Odyssey, I again saw some allusions in this song. Everybody coming around to my place could be Penelopes suitors, Raising dorsal fin and walking upon the land reminds me of Odysseus' shipmates who were turned into dolphins and helped his ship in troubled times. "Between the wars she still adores her ever-loving man." Penelope longing for odysseus while away at troy. And so on and so on.
It may be a stretch but because so much of this album alludes to The Odyssey, I again saw some allusions in this song. Everybody coming around to my place could be Penelopes suitors, Raising dorsal fin and walking upon the land reminds me of Odysseus' shipmates who were turned into dolphins and helped his ship in troubled times. "Between the wars she still adores her ever-loving man." Penelope longing for odysseus while away at troy. And so on and so on.
I definitely agree. Even the lines,
I definitely agree. Even the lines,
It's early in the morning and I don't know what to do. It's early in the morning and I can't believe it's true. It's early in the morning and it's happening again; I called you once, I called you twice. Ain't I your midnight man?
It's early in the morning and I don't know what to do. It's early in the morning and I can't believe it's true. It's early in the morning and it's happening again; I called you once, I called you twice. Ain't I your midnight man?
work with the Odyssey, when Penelope tests Odysseus after he reveals himself the morning after he killed the suitors.
work with the Odyssey, when Penelope tests Odysseus after he reveals himself the morning after he killed the suitors.
LOL...y'all are wickedly creative, but soooooo far off. Women are not men. Most women don't want more than one man. One is plenty. One is work. Granted, he may be wonderful and take care of the bills; the bedroom; fixing crap around the house, but I have yet to meet EVEN ONE woman that wants a second man:) You've obviously never been married!
LOL...y'all are wickedly creative, but soooooo far off. Women are not men. Most women don't want more than one man. One is plenty. One is work. Granted, he may be wonderful and take care of the bills; the bedroom; fixing crap around the house, but I have yet to meet EVEN ONE woman that wants a second man:) You've obviously never been married!