Yeah, I think a bit of this is wrong:
"a STORM to stop"
"to jump your PALLISADES" (pallisades means walls)
and I don't think you need the quotations. I think it should be:
-you tell me, how can I put you off when you're a matter of urgency-
as in, "tell me how I could just put you off"
Remember that the book and film are about a kid (Oliver) trying to lose his virginity while simultaneously avoid a divorce between his parents. I think that yes, it's a love song, but Oliver's also saying that he's got more than his fair share of broken pieces in his life. He's offering the girl, yes, go ahead, play around with my emotions and make me wait for you, I'll just keep covering up all these rough edges so I don't hurt you.
Waiting like he's waiting for a storm to stop - when it's storming, you can't go play outside. He's waiting for her to arrive, so that he can finally have fun (get laid). The whole story is about hearing from a girl that wants to have sex with him, but not just yet. He's got to wait.
you tell me, how can I put you off when you're such a matter of urgency? - easy, the kid's struggling like hell to get laid, so how is he supposed to wait for her when he wants to get laid so badly?
I like this song, I know where he's coming from - I'm going through a painful breakup right now, but she's offering me to wait a few months and see if we could try again.
Yeah, I think a bit of this is wrong: "a STORM to stop" "to jump your PALLISADES" (pallisades means walls) and I don't think you need the quotations. I think it should be: -you tell me, how can I put you off when you're a matter of urgency- as in, "tell me how I could just put you off"
Remember that the book and film are about a kid (Oliver) trying to lose his virginity while simultaneously avoid a divorce between his parents. I think that yes, it's a love song, but Oliver's also saying that he's got more than his fair share of broken pieces in his life. He's offering the girl, yes, go ahead, play around with my emotions and make me wait for you, I'll just keep covering up all these rough edges so I don't hurt you.
Waiting like he's waiting for a storm to stop - when it's storming, you can't go play outside. He's waiting for her to arrive, so that he can finally have fun (get laid). The whole story is about hearing from a girl that wants to have sex with him, but not just yet. He's got to wait.
you tell me, how can I put you off when you're such a matter of urgency? - easy, the kid's struggling like hell to get laid, so how is he supposed to wait for her when he wants to get laid so badly?
I like this song, I know where he's coming from - I'm going through a painful breakup right now, but she's offering me to wait a few months and see if we could try again.