Your Love Lyrics

Lyric discussion by shivalika 

Cover art for Your Love lyrics by Outfield, The

C'mon guys. Are we really trying to make the singer/speaker "the good guy in love" in this song? The entire lyrics of this song scream a "quickie". "I just want to use your love tonight"- meaning he wants to use her and "I don't want to lose your love tonight"- meaning he will do anything to keep her there, i.e, cuddle with her, be romantic... anything to get in her pants. Josie is obviously younger so he is making the unnamed girl feel better about herself by saying he's always liked his girls older. He want to "talk"- meaning he will probably say stuff to her to make her think he wants to be with her or whatever it takes to convince her. "You know I'd do anything for you, We will keep it under cover"- he is making her feel important and also suggesting, "Hey, you know I think we should keep this under cover," because even though he is cheating on Josie, he doesn't want to break up with Josie. "My hands shakin'... can't hide the way I'm feeling"- He is ready and excited with anticipation as it seems she is giving in to him and he says, "hey, I can't hide that I have feeling for you," and this is where they do "it". As she is leaving he says, "As you leave me please would you close the door and forget what I told you/Just 'cause you're right - that don't mean I'm wrong/ Another shoulder to cry upon."- I get the image that he won't even get up to close the door because now they are done with the quickie he is lying on the bed relaxing. And as she is leaving, he is being a total dick to her saying, "Yeah, you're good but I don't want to be with you. I bet I am just another shoulder for you to cry on. Holla." Lol. That's what I get from this song. I can't see how this is anything about loving the older woman... The entire song screams he just wanted to get in her pants.

Song Meaning

I pretty much agree with everything you typed.

The guy sounds like his woman is away and he is trying to have a one night stand with an older woman.

On the other hand (lol) - I just heard the song and now I am thinking that maybe the woman he is talking to is much younger then him. How he tells her that he prefers older women maybe is his justification to her for not dating her. And he talks about being in trouble (why his friends are not there). Maybe they know he wants this young woman/girl and they want no part of him if he is going to do it. And his hands are shaking because he knows what he is about to do (having sex with this...

@shivalika Seriously. The only questionable item in the entire song are the lines "So many things that I want to say; You know I like my girls a little bit older".

Is he speaking to himself or is he speaking to the Quickie? If it's the former, I think he's admitting to himself that the Quickie is young and she won't understand anything romantic he says or otherwise... but if it's the latter, he's trying to flatter the (older) Quickie to get her in his pocket, as it were.

Not that I ever dated much younger girls and...