To me this is a song about how she is in love with a guy and wants to make a life with him. The guy feels like he needs to get money in order for them to have a "life", a house, a car, kids and the American Dream. In his haste he turns to drug dealing for easy money and winds up getting chewed up and spit out by the game. In the end all she wanted was him, he was always enough, but he was convinced she would only be happy if they lived the good life, the rich life. He pays the price by being taken away to prison and she has to wait for him. She wants him to know that even though he has fucked up, she still loves him and longs for the simple love they once shared.
I'm saying that he feels these invisible pressures that exist in American society. More and more people are putting off getting married or having kids until everything is just right. Until they have the money, until they have the house, until they have everything. He feels those pressures and takes a risk to go make some quick money so they can have a life together.
I'm saying that he feels these invisible pressures that exist in American society. More and more people are putting off getting married or having kids until everything is just right. Until they have the money, until they have the house, until they have everything. He feels those pressures and takes a risk to go make some quick money so they can have a life together.
The reality is, he didn't need to go get money for them to have a life together. That wasn't the life she necessarily wanted. She was willing to make it work with whatever they had.
There is no line that would make one believe that it was drugs, except gangster, which is much more general. There is really no line that says he went to prison, which two people have suggested. He disappeared after one day. So... maybe he was just ditching her? Maybe prison? Maybe he got rich and never came back? We don't know, the song's protagonist doesn't know.
There is no line that would make one believe that it was drugs, except gangster, which is much more general. There is really no line that says he went to prison, which two people have suggested. He disappeared after one day. So... maybe he was just ditching her? Maybe prison? Maybe he got rich and never came back? We don't know, the song's protagonist doesn't know.
The rest of this I agree with.
The rest of this I agree with.
I wish the line wasn't "I'll wait a million years" but was, "Probably a million years." Some people I know think it is.
I will love you till the end of time
probably a million years.
@DrMndBndr Perfect interpretation. I definitely wasn't sure what he was leaving her for but now I feel dumb for not realizing it was drugs. I was picturing mobsters for some reason haha.
@DrMndBndr Perfect interpretation. I definitely wasn't sure what he was leaving her for but now I feel dumb for not realizing it was drugs. I was picturing mobsters for some reason haha.
To me this is a song about how she is in love with a guy and wants to make a life with him. The guy feels like he needs to get money in order for them to have a "life", a house, a car, kids and the American Dream. In his haste he turns to drug dealing for easy money and winds up getting chewed up and spit out by the game. In the end all she wanted was him, he was always enough, but he was convinced she would only be happy if they lived the good life, the rich life. He pays the price by being taken away to prison and she has to wait for him. She wants him to know that even though he has fucked up, she still loves him and longs for the simple love they once shared.
In other words, you're saying he's a fool and he has judged her unfairly. Hmmmmmmmm
In other words, you're saying he's a fool and he has judged her unfairly. Hmmmmmmmm
I'm saying that he feels these invisible pressures that exist in American society. More and more people are putting off getting married or having kids until everything is just right. Until they have the money, until they have the house, until they have everything. He feels those pressures and takes a risk to go make some quick money so they can have a life together.
I'm saying that he feels these invisible pressures that exist in American society. More and more people are putting off getting married or having kids until everything is just right. Until they have the money, until they have the house, until they have everything. He feels those pressures and takes a risk to go make some quick money so they can have a life together.
The reality is, he didn't need to go get money for them to have a life together. That wasn't the life she necessarily wanted. She was willing to make it work with whatever they had.
There is no line that would make one believe that it was drugs, except gangster, which is much more general. There is really no line that says he went to prison, which two people have suggested. He disappeared after one day. So... maybe he was just ditching her? Maybe prison? Maybe he got rich and never came back? We don't know, the song's protagonist doesn't know.
There is no line that would make one believe that it was drugs, except gangster, which is much more general. There is really no line that says he went to prison, which two people have suggested. He disappeared after one day. So... maybe he was just ditching her? Maybe prison? Maybe he got rich and never came back? We don't know, the song's protagonist doesn't know.
The rest of this I agree with.
The rest of this I agree with.
I wish the line wasn't "I'll wait a million years" but was, "Probably a million years." Some people I know think it is.
I will love you till the end of time probably a million years.
fits the naive/flippant LDR character. imo
squander: "Then they took you away - stole you out of my life" suggests that he was sent to prison.
squander: "Then they took you away - stole you out of my life" suggests that he was sent to prison.
squander... you are very naive if you don't think this song is about drugs. perfect interpretation DrMndBndr
squander... you are very naive if you don't think this song is about drugs. perfect interpretation DrMndBndr
@DrMndBndr Perfect interpretation. I definitely wasn't sure what he was leaving her for but now I feel dumb for not realizing it was drugs. I was picturing mobsters for some reason haha.
@DrMndBndr Perfect interpretation. I definitely wasn't sure what he was leaving her for but now I feel dumb for not realizing it was drugs. I was picturing mobsters for some reason haha.