I think "Pull Me In" is ultimately about a guy, in a heteronormative world, who's trying to bed his girlfriend. Classic tale of guy wants sex, girl doesn't. The first verse is the epitome of male entitlement. He obviously feels entitled to taking without asking. Second verse he is clearly playing out scenarios somewhat forcing his girl to go further sexually. "It's easy to pick and choose, with you and me we can only lose," sounds like the divide between the two on the subject of sex; the two will never agree. The singer tries to convince their S.O. that they should just go along or it's over between them, i.e. "Just don't fight me off and I won't write you off." This verse is completely naughty:
Take me in and then you push me out
Fall all over yourself tonight
And just don't let it go, without a fight
Take me in and then you push me out
Fall all over yourself tonight
And just don't let it go, let it go
In my opinion, the singer seems frustrated (as are most teenage boys) when they aren't allowed to go further. He's complaining that she is receptive at first to his advances and then stops him. I believe, "fall all over yourself tonight" is slang for, um... self love. "And just don't let it go without a fight" is based on the male creed, if at first you don't succeed! The next verse he talks about trying to woo her while slightly resentful about the fact he hasn't and isn't getting any, "Cause you know what's on my mind... is you getting all this time". The last verse/screaming part makes me think that ultimately the speaker got what they wanted, whether from the girl he was with or "another girl." Honestly, I think it's obvious what kind of guy Luke is. A lot of their music has this theme, although these ones written later are more mature, think "So Vicious" and that line in "See the Sun," "Oh no! I didn't mean to say what I did say, all about lovers and how they should lay. That was never for me to say and say. Don't you see now how I pay?"
I think "Pull Me In" is ultimately about a guy, in a heteronormative world, who's trying to bed his girlfriend. Classic tale of guy wants sex, girl doesn't. The first verse is the epitome of male entitlement. He obviously feels entitled to taking without asking. Second verse he is clearly playing out scenarios somewhat forcing his girl to go further sexually. "It's easy to pick and choose, with you and me we can only lose," sounds like the divide between the two on the subject of sex; the two will never agree. The singer tries to convince their S.O. that they should just go along or it's over between them, i.e. "Just don't fight me off and I won't write you off." This verse is completely naughty:
Take me in and then you push me out Fall all over yourself tonight And just don't let it go, without a fight Take me in and then you push me out Fall all over yourself tonight And just don't let it go, let it go
In my opinion, the singer seems frustrated (as are most teenage boys) when they aren't allowed to go further. He's complaining that she is receptive at first to his advances and then stops him. I believe, "fall all over yourself tonight" is slang for, um... self love. "And just don't let it go without a fight" is based on the male creed, if at first you don't succeed! The next verse he talks about trying to woo her while slightly resentful about the fact he hasn't and isn't getting any, "Cause you know what's on my mind... is you getting all this time". The last verse/screaming part makes me think that ultimately the speaker got what they wanted, whether from the girl he was with or "another girl." Honestly, I think it's obvious what kind of guy Luke is. A lot of their music has this theme, although these ones written later are more mature, think "So Vicious" and that line in "See the Sun," "Oh no! I didn't mean to say what I did say, all about lovers and how they should lay. That was never for me to say and say. Don't you see now how I pay?"