Carmen Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Splerb 

Cover art for Carmen lyrics by Paula Cole

OR it very likely is and could be two women that have an incredibly intimate relationship that is bordering or perhaps delving into sexual. It almost certainly is not written from a man's perspective either. “I don’t know, I don’t know…if I can go back” As in go back to a heterosexual relationship again. To me this is the story of a weekend or visit with a good friend that became sexual and intimate and became a relationship of a different kind. The narrator is probably not homosexual nor bi and she hasn’t really considered the possibility but when she gets together with Carmen she is overcome by the intensity of the feelings and the sex and realizes she’ll “…never be, never be, never be the same again.” As my wife says, "…no sane person in our homophobic world wishes another person all the headaches that come with a relationship that is almost criminal in some parts of our country..." but it is biological and if you find warmth and friendship and most importantly love from being with another human being that is of the same sex...WHY THE HELL NOT!