This is why you have to love FOW. Richie and Ruben have big dreams -- endlessly -- but they always screw up . And yet the song's narrator has stuck by them anyway. Maybe he's finally learned his lesson, which is why he's now warning you to stay away, but you can tell that he can't bring himself to hate them. Their only problem is that they don't know what they're doing, and they're both a little out of their minds. But the tone of the song is affectionate resignation, not bitterness. The singer is saying to himself, "Why do I never learn?"
My favorite line is "They bought a velvet rope and the doorman laughed". They say so much in nine words.
This is why you have to love FOW. Richie and Ruben have big dreams -- endlessly -- but they always screw up . And yet the song's narrator has stuck by them anyway. Maybe he's finally learned his lesson, which is why he's now warning you to stay away, but you can tell that he can't bring himself to hate them. Their only problem is that they don't know what they're doing, and they're both a little out of their minds. But the tone of the song is affectionate resignation, not bitterness. The singer is saying to himself, "Why do I never learn?"
My favorite line is "They bought a velvet rope and the doorman laughed". They say so much in nine words.