Thanks to all for providing meaning to this fantastic song by Dishwalla. I had heard the song many times and always thought the song was about prostitution due to the lyrics of her waiting for someone on the street and laying down on her back. So it was sort of depressing but so great to listen to. However, I had never actually read the lyrics themselves until today. Now I understand the song to relate to death via the candle shrine which makes it much more depressing. After reading the lyrics today and all of the above interpretations I had a long cry. I was not sure why the lyrics now touched such a nerve with me until I remembered something I not thought about for many years --- that was the death of my first son many years ago. Even then I couldn't identify why these lyrics triggered such a response from a man who shows little to no emotions. The answer was that my son would have been 30 years old this very month, a fact that I had completely forgot about until today. They say that a parent should never outlive their children as losing them is too damn painful.
Thanks to all for providing meaning to this fantastic song by Dishwalla. I had heard the song many times and always thought the song was about prostitution due to the lyrics of her waiting for someone on the street and laying down on her back. So it was sort of depressing but so great to listen to. However, I had never actually read the lyrics themselves until today. Now I understand the song to relate to death via the candle shrine which makes it much more depressing. After reading the lyrics today and all of the above interpretations I had a long cry. I was not sure why the lyrics now touched such a nerve with me until I remembered something I not thought about for many years --- that was the death of my first son many years ago. Even then I couldn't identify why these lyrics triggered such a response from a man who shows little to no emotions. The answer was that my son would have been 30 years old this very month, a fact that I had completely forgot about until today. They say that a parent should never outlive their children as losing them is too damn painful.