"One day Im gonna lift the cover and look inside your...Oh baby, I shake you from now on. I'm gonna break down your defenses one by one. Im gonna hit you from all sides lay your fortress open wide. Nobody stops this body from taking you. You better beware, I swear, Im gonna be there one day when you fall." I love this song, but I can't get the idea out of my head that it means the guy is having problems with his girl so he is threatening to rape her to get her to love him. Kinda puts a damper on my good feelings in my opinion
I think this more refers to the fact that when she's down and needs somebody then he'll be there, she'll realise what she let go and she'll be bombarded with feelings
I think this more refers to the fact that when she's down and needs somebody then he'll be there, she'll realise what she let go and she'll be bombarded with feelings
I half heartedly agree with girya about the violence in the singers mind. He is not just disappointed, but he is angry and is trying to deal with it. I think more of a husband and wife than a boyfriend/girlfriend for some reason. He hopes she will treat him better and believes that if anyone can make it, they can, but he is so hurt he fears his anger may overtake him. The lyrics are deep and everyone can think whatever, but the part about him "breaking down her defenses" and hitting her from all sides THEN...
I half heartedly agree with girya about the violence in the singers mind. He is not just disappointed, but he is angry and is trying to deal with it. I think more of a husband and wife than a boyfriend/girlfriend for some reason. He hopes she will treat him better and believes that if anyone can make it, they can, but he is so hurt he fears his anger may overtake him. The lyrics are deep and everyone can think whatever, but the part about him "breaking down her defenses" and hitting her from all sides THEN lay her fortress open wide cause nobody stops him from taking her. Come on, I immediately thought of some kind of force by a man against his woman. I think it's pretty clear.
This song is not about rape or any kind of male domination over a woman. If you know anything about Barry Gibb, you know that he is a hopeless romantic by his songwriting. He’s been one of the premier pop love song writers in the music industry since the 1960s. He is also a family man, having been happily married to the same woman since 1970 whom he has had five children with. He has absolutely no history of being any kind of sexual predator or abuser.
Now, on the other hand, Gibb has always used a great deal of metaphors...
This song is not about rape or any kind of male domination over a woman. If you know anything about Barry Gibb, you know that he is a hopeless romantic by his songwriting. He’s been one of the premier pop love song writers in the music industry since the 1960s. He is also a family man, having been happily married to the same woman since 1970 whom he has had five children with. He has absolutely no history of being any kind of sexual predator or abuser.
Now, on the other hand, Gibb has always used a great deal of metaphors in his songwriting throughout the Bee Gees’ career, which was typical of old school songwriters. They didn’t write songs as literally like they do nowadays.
This entire song is a bunch of war, battle or fighting metaphors but make no mistake, it is a love song without a doubt.
In the relationship he is referring to, his girl has become emotionally unresponsive, calloused and abusive towards him (probably because she has lost her original feelings of romance for him). However, he believes that their love is worth saving and he is setting out to woo her back into being in love with him. The song is filled with metaphors about battles or war. Phrases like “break down your defenses” and “lay your fortress open wide” are metaphors for breaking through to her emotionally so they do not lose the love they’ve had together. Even the line “nobody stops this body from taking you” is a play on words around the word “body”. But if you look closely you will see all of the war/battle/fight metaphors in the song. This is the whole crux of the song. He is saying that he will win this battle of love (breaking through to her emotionally) and he will defeat her (win her over so that they will stop bickering and fighting) and in doing this “SHE” will be the one to win. By him emotionally winning her over again, she will in fact be the winner because their love will be good again.
"One day Im gonna lift the cover and look inside your...Oh baby, I shake you from now on. I'm gonna break down your defenses one by one. Im gonna hit you from all sides lay your fortress open wide. Nobody stops this body from taking you. You better beware, I swear, Im gonna be there one day when you fall." I love this song, but I can't get the idea out of my head that it means the guy is having problems with his girl so he is threatening to rape her to get her to love him. Kinda puts a damper on my good feelings in my opinion
I think this more refers to the fact that when she's down and needs somebody then he'll be there, she'll realise what she let go and she'll be bombarded with feelings
I think this more refers to the fact that when she's down and needs somebody then he'll be there, she'll realise what she let go and she'll be bombarded with feelings
I half heartedly agree with girya about the violence in the singers mind. He is not just disappointed, but he is angry and is trying to deal with it. I think more of a husband and wife than a boyfriend/girlfriend for some reason. He hopes she will treat him better and believes that if anyone can make it, they can, but he is so hurt he fears his anger may overtake him. The lyrics are deep and everyone can think whatever, but the part about him "breaking down her defenses" and hitting her from all sides THEN...
I half heartedly agree with girya about the violence in the singers mind. He is not just disappointed, but he is angry and is trying to deal with it. I think more of a husband and wife than a boyfriend/girlfriend for some reason. He hopes she will treat him better and believes that if anyone can make it, they can, but he is so hurt he fears his anger may overtake him. The lyrics are deep and everyone can think whatever, but the part about him "breaking down her defenses" and hitting her from all sides THEN lay her fortress open wide cause nobody stops him from taking her. Come on, I immediately thought of some kind of force by a man against his woman. I think it's pretty clear.
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This song is not about rape or any kind of male domination over a woman. If you know anything about Barry Gibb, you know that he is a hopeless romantic by his songwriting. He’s been one of the premier pop love song writers in the music industry since the 1960s. He is also a family man, having been happily married to the same woman since 1970 whom he has had five children with. He has absolutely no history of being any kind of sexual predator or abuser. Now, on the other hand, Gibb has always used a great deal of metaphors...
This song is not about rape or any kind of male domination over a woman. If you know anything about Barry Gibb, you know that he is a hopeless romantic by his songwriting. He’s been one of the premier pop love song writers in the music industry since the 1960s. He is also a family man, having been happily married to the same woman since 1970 whom he has had five children with. He has absolutely no history of being any kind of sexual predator or abuser. Now, on the other hand, Gibb has always used a great deal of metaphors in his songwriting throughout the Bee Gees’ career, which was typical of old school songwriters. They didn’t write songs as literally like they do nowadays. This entire song is a bunch of war, battle or fighting metaphors but make no mistake, it is a love song without a doubt. In the relationship he is referring to, his girl has become emotionally unresponsive, calloused and abusive towards him (probably because she has lost her original feelings of romance for him). However, he believes that their love is worth saving and he is setting out to woo her back into being in love with him. The song is filled with metaphors about battles or war. Phrases like “break down your defenses” and “lay your fortress open wide” are metaphors for breaking through to her emotionally so they do not lose the love they’ve had together. Even the line “nobody stops this body from taking you” is a play on words around the word “body”. But if you look closely you will see all of the war/battle/fight metaphors in the song. This is the whole crux of the song. He is saying that he will win this battle of love (breaking through to her emotionally) and he will defeat her (win her over so that they will stop bickering and fighting) and in doing this “SHE” will be the one to win. By him emotionally winning her over again, she will in fact be the winner because their love will be good again.