was having this discussion
In a taxi heading downtown
Rearranging my position
On this friend of mine who had
A little bit of a breakdown
I said breakdowns come
And breakdowns go
So what are you going to do about it
That's what I'd like to know
***Simon has just set himself up as a total jerk. His response to a friend's breakdown is selfish (rearranging "my" position) and unsupportive ("what are you gonna do about it?")
You don't feel you could love me
But I feel you could
*He decides that that object of his love doesn't know his/her own self enough to know whether s/he could love Simon, but Simon believes ("feels' being used here tongue-in-cheek) he knows better.**
It was in the early morning hours
When I fell into a phone call
Believing I had supernatural powers
I slammed into a brick wall
I said hey, is this my problem?
Is this my fault?
If that's the way it's going to be
I'm going to call the whole thing to a halt
This is a little confusing. The gist seems to be that when the Simon character runs into a dead-end that he previously though he'd be able to avoid, his reaction is to push the whole thing off on someone else, denying that anything is ever his own doing. He assumes power by threatening to "call the whole thing to a halt," when it's apparent that what he'll be doing, as he did with the friend's breakdown, is simply avoid having to become involved by deflecting, or running away.
You don't feel you could love me
But I feel you could
You don't feel you could love me
But I feel you could
I was walking down the street
When I thought I heard this voice say
Say, ain't we walking down the same street together
On the very same day
I said hey Senorita that's astute
*He's a wise-ass, flattering while insulting a most-likely well-meaning woman trying to be friendly.**
I said why don't we get together
And call ourselves an institute
*But he's presumably attracted to her, and isn't beyond a little fooling around to get his own rocks off.**
You don't feel you could love me
But I feel you could
You don't feel you could love me
But I feel you could
*Simon is painting a picture of a very undesirable person, someone who assumes no responsibility, mistreats women, has little compassion for friends, and all along needs to tell the object of his desire that he feels she can love him even though she doesn't. The character is impressed with himself, sees himself as suave, and is unaware of his own shortcomings. Simon brilliantly evokes a man at odds with the world and obvious to it.
was having this discussion In a taxi heading downtown Rearranging my position On this friend of mine who had A little bit of a breakdown I said breakdowns come And breakdowns go So what are you going to do about it That's what I'd like to know
***Simon has just set himself up as a total jerk. His response to a friend's breakdown is selfish (rearranging "my" position) and unsupportive ("what are you gonna do about it?")
You don't feel you could love me But I feel you could
*He decides that that object of his love doesn't know his/her own self enough to know whether s/he could love Simon, but Simon believes ("feels' being used here tongue-in-cheek) he knows better.**
It was in the early morning hours When I fell into a phone call Believing I had supernatural powers I slammed into a brick wall I said hey, is this my problem? Is this my fault? If that's the way it's going to be I'm going to call the whole thing to a halt
This is a little confusing. The gist seems to be that when the Simon character runs into a dead-end that he previously though he'd be able to avoid, his reaction is to push the whole thing off on someone else, denying that anything is ever his own doing. He assumes power by threatening to "call the whole thing to a halt," when it's apparent that what he'll be doing, as he did with the friend's breakdown, is simply avoid having to become involved by deflecting, or running away.
You don't feel you could love me But I feel you could You don't feel you could love me But I feel you could
I was walking down the street When I thought I heard this voice say Say, ain't we walking down the same street together On the very same day I said hey Senorita that's astute
*He's a wise-ass, flattering while insulting a most-likely well-meaning woman trying to be friendly.**
I said why don't we get together And call ourselves an institute
*But he's presumably attracted to her, and isn't beyond a little fooling around to get his own rocks off.**
You don't feel you could love me But I feel you could You don't feel you could love me But I feel you could
*Simon is painting a picture of a very undesirable person, someone who assumes no responsibility, mistreats women, has little compassion for friends, and all along needs to tell the object of his desire that he feels she can love him even though she doesn't. The character is impressed with himself, sees himself as suave, and is unaware of his own shortcomings. Simon brilliantly evokes a man at odds with the world and obvious to it.
It's all rather tongue-in-cheek.