I love this song! I always skipped over it when I first got the album but recently I can't stop listening to it.
I think the song is clearly told from the perspective of a guy who is looking at this girl and her outlook on life. He admires the fact that she "don't wait to begin" and likes her adventurous spirit in "skating where the ice thins."
The next verse talks about her relationship with others. Her mom likes to keep a tight lid on her daughter's escapades (she was her mother's secret) but she still is "daddy's girl" so her choices in life are not the result of not having a positive male figure in her life. I think her mother's unwillingness to talk about her daughter is because this girl sleeps around a lot. To an outsider looking in, she's "a slut" for "bringing weekend boys home." But, the narrator knows better. This girl just thinks that she has too much love and too much energy to not enjoy life. "My love is a fever, come on touch my skin." She isn't oblivious to what other people think, she realizes that "they all think I'm easy." But, she wasn't forced into some life of submission to others. Instead, she is empowered by her experiences. "I'm easy cause I let them win"-Such a powerful line!
Finally, in the last verse the girl has called this narrator in desperation. He's watched her living a wild life, hooking up with other guys while he's been cast aside. But, in her time of need she calls on him because "Your voice drives me crazy." But, she chooses him in the end and that has to say something.
I love this song! I always skipped over it when I first got the album but recently I can't stop listening to it.
I think the song is clearly told from the perspective of a guy who is looking at this girl and her outlook on life. He admires the fact that she "don't wait to begin" and likes her adventurous spirit in "skating where the ice thins."
The next verse talks about her relationship with others. Her mom likes to keep a tight lid on her daughter's escapades (she was her mother's secret) but she still is "daddy's girl" so her choices in life are not the result of not having a positive male figure in her life. I think her mother's unwillingness to talk about her daughter is because this girl sleeps around a lot. To an outsider looking in, she's "a slut" for "bringing weekend boys home." But, the narrator knows better. This girl just thinks that she has too much love and too much energy to not enjoy life. "My love is a fever, come on touch my skin." She isn't oblivious to what other people think, she realizes that "they all think I'm easy." But, she wasn't forced into some life of submission to others. Instead, she is empowered by her experiences. "I'm easy cause I let them win"-Such a powerful line!
Finally, in the last verse the girl has called this narrator in desperation. He's watched her living a wild life, hooking up with other guys while he's been cast aside. But, in her time of need she calls on him because "Your voice drives me crazy." But, she chooses him in the end and that has to say something.