I'm really surprised nobody has commented on this song. Such an amazing song, story, and performance by Orbison.
About a guy who runs off with a girl who has a boyfriend. The narrator's scared that the boyfriend will show up and she'll run back off with him. The boyfriend shows up, and the girl chooses the narrator.
The way it's phrased though, and the way it's worded makes me identify with the narrator as opposed to the boyfriend, and makes turns the narrator into an underdog character worth liking even though he's running off with someone else's girl. You can tell that the narrator believes in true love with this girl rather than it just being an illicit affair. The narrator suffers from an insecurity love can bring on, whereas the boyfriend seems like a douchebag. The narrator doesn't really think the girl will choose him, but she does, and the ecstatic, melodramatic performance Orbison gives really makes it a joyous moment in the song.
I'm really surprised nobody has commented on this song. Such an amazing song, story, and performance by Orbison.
About a guy who runs off with a girl who has a boyfriend. The narrator's scared that the boyfriend will show up and she'll run back off with him. The boyfriend shows up, and the girl chooses the narrator.
The way it's phrased though, and the way it's worded makes me identify with the narrator as opposed to the boyfriend, and makes turns the narrator into an underdog character worth liking even though he's running off with someone else's girl. You can tell that the narrator believes in true love with this girl rather than it just being an illicit affair. The narrator suffers from an insecurity love can bring on, whereas the boyfriend seems like a douchebag. The narrator doesn't really think the girl will choose him, but she does, and the ecstatic, melodramatic performance Orbison gives really makes it a joyous moment in the song.