But at the same time he knows that no matter what he finds, in the end it will "never be enough" because sooner or later the bar closes, the fun stops, the high wears off, and you're left alone with yourself and your memories of the things you've done. But he keeps looking anyway because he doesn't have anything else to do.
(Someone really clever could make a great music video using clips from the new seasons of Doctor Who supporting this interpretation, as that seems to be the kind of character the Doctor has become since he destroyed Gallifrey in the Time War.)
Ha! I was thinking "best Spike song ever," personally, but for approximately the same reasons.
Ha! I was thinking "best Spike song ever," personally, but for approximately the same reasons.
I was also appreciating the contrast between this and a lot of Meatloaf songs where he starts from a bad background but then his soul has been saved by power chords and sex. This seems like the hangover of that belief, edging him more toward the Tom Waits school of jaded experience.
I was also appreciating the contrast between this and a lot of Meatloaf songs where he starts from a bad background but then his soul has been saved by power chords and sex. This seems like the hangover of that belief, edging him more toward the Tom Waits school of jaded experience.
If you want to hear a really good version of this song, find the Jim Steinman's Pandora's Box album.
I get a definite vibe of world-weariness from it. Someone looking for something new ("original") to do in the world, because he (or she) feels he's already done it all–including some things he really wants to forget about. "Sin" partly for the pun with "original", and partly because of the old cliché that if anything's fun or enjoyable, it must also be sinful. (You know, like how anything really delicious is "sinfully good", even though it's not a sin to eat something tasty unless you take it to the extreme of gluttony.)
But at the same time he knows that no matter what he finds, in the end it will "never be enough" because sooner or later the bar closes, the fun stops, the high wears off, and you're left alone with yourself and your memories of the things you've done. But he keeps looking anyway because he doesn't have anything else to do.
(Someone really clever could make a great music video using clips from the new seasons of Doctor Who supporting this interpretation, as that seems to be the kind of character the Doctor has become since he destroyed Gallifrey in the Time War.)
Ha! I was thinking "best Spike song ever," personally, but for approximately the same reasons.
Ha! I was thinking "best Spike song ever," personally, but for approximately the same reasons.
I was also appreciating the contrast between this and a lot of Meatloaf songs where he starts from a bad background but then his soul has been saved by power chords and sex. This seems like the hangover of that belief, edging him more toward the Tom Waits school of jaded experience.
I was also appreciating the contrast between this and a lot of Meatloaf songs where he starts from a bad background but then his soul has been saved by power chords and sex. This seems like the hangover of that belief, edging him more toward the Tom Waits school of jaded experience.