Oh well, the devil makes us sin
But we like it when we're spinning in his grin
Grin makes more sense since it rhymes with sin.
My first interpretation of the song (prior to reading amyerin's post) was that it's unfortunate that people ignore their sexual desires. The stone (or the stirring one feels) makes us uncomfortable and we roll over - the way a partner would roll away from his or her partner while they are in bed because he or she is no longer interested in sleeping with the partner.
But the urge is too strong - not because one loves the person, but because it's a necessary biological release - that he/she does it anyway. And when the person does, the devil - ever the voyuer - watches the couple as they writhe under his gaze knowing full well that the union is not heavenly, but carnal for at least one partner. The partner who is aware that the other is not in love, resigns himself or herself (Oh well), They both enjoy it nonetheless.
The next few lines makes me think that the woman is the one with the desire (and the control). She is the one with the flame in her eye. That to me is not love, but lust. It's fire. It's passion. And it's just wrong for the poor man to love her as much as he does. The woman loves him for the moment. Once her desire is fulfilled, she will - like a fly - leave as quickly as she arrived and never return.
This song is inspired on a 70's porn film called The Devil in Miss Jones, the woman on the song's video is the main actress Georgina Spelvin. The mention of the fly regards the end of the movie, in which a sex addict woman is "confined to a small room with an impotent, sexually uninterested man who is more interested in catching flies than her" (wikipedia).
This song is inspired on a 70's porn film called The Devil in Miss Jones, the woman on the song's video is the main actress Georgina Spelvin. The mention of the fly regards the end of the movie, in which a sex addict woman is "confined to a small room with an impotent, sexually uninterested man who is more interested in catching flies than her" (wikipedia).
I also hear:
Oh well, the devil makes us sin But we like it when we're spinning in his grin
Grin makes more sense since it rhymes with sin.
My first interpretation of the song (prior to reading amyerin's post) was that it's unfortunate that people ignore their sexual desires. The stone (or the stirring one feels) makes us uncomfortable and we roll over - the way a partner would roll away from his or her partner while they are in bed because he or she is no longer interested in sleeping with the partner.
But the urge is too strong - not because one loves the person, but because it's a necessary biological release - that he/she does it anyway. And when the person does, the devil - ever the voyuer - watches the couple as they writhe under his gaze knowing full well that the union is not heavenly, but carnal for at least one partner. The partner who is aware that the other is not in love, resigns himself or herself (Oh well), They both enjoy it nonetheless.
The next few lines makes me think that the woman is the one with the desire (and the control). She is the one with the flame in her eye. That to me is not love, but lust. It's fire. It's passion. And it's just wrong for the poor man to love her as much as he does. The woman loves him for the moment. Once her desire is fulfilled, she will - like a fly - leave as quickly as she arrived and never return.
This song is inspired on a 70's porn film called The Devil in Miss Jones, the woman on the song's video is the main actress Georgina Spelvin. The mention of the fly regards the end of the movie, in which a sex addict woman is "confined to a small room with an impotent, sexually uninterested man who is more interested in catching flies than her" (wikipedia).
This song is inspired on a 70's porn film called The Devil in Miss Jones, the woman on the song's video is the main actress Georgina Spelvin. The mention of the fly regards the end of the movie, in which a sex addict woman is "confined to a small room with an impotent, sexually uninterested man who is more interested in catching flies than her" (wikipedia).
I totally agree, especially about it being "grin" and not "grip."
I totally agree, especially about it being "grin" and not "grip."