I think it's too easy to dismiss music as sexual or drug-induced. There seems to me to be a deeper meaning to this song than just someone being reluctant to go screw some women.
In a nutshell, this song is about the banality that relationships can devolve into. The first verse details the singer asking a woman to get him a lemon or a lime, common peripheries for mixed drinks. He says he's going to "wait here," which means to me that he's not really engaged or interested, he's just waiting on a nice drink. The second verse has to do with keeping a dog from barking. Again, the singer wants something taken care of but is too disinterested to go do it himself.
The line in the chorus "There's so many ways we can waste our time" just drives this point home. The singer feels that in the relationship he's just wasting his time, that all the fire is gone. The song details an old and passionless relationship.
I think it's too easy to dismiss music as sexual or drug-induced. There seems to me to be a deeper meaning to this song than just someone being reluctant to go screw some women.
In a nutshell, this song is about the banality that relationships can devolve into. The first verse details the singer asking a woman to get him a lemon or a lime, common peripheries for mixed drinks. He says he's going to "wait here," which means to me that he's not really engaged or interested, he's just waiting on a nice drink. The second verse has to do with keeping a dog from barking. Again, the singer wants something taken care of but is too disinterested to go do it himself.
The line in the chorus "There's so many ways we can waste our time" just drives this point home. The singer feels that in the relationship he's just wasting his time, that all the fire is gone. The song details an old and passionless relationship.