Folks - check out the photo that accompanies this single. It is a black and white picture of two young, sexy, buff men wrestling in the sand with fingers interlocked.
There is no way this song is about anything other than homosexuality. David is a smokin' hot homosexual male who has been in denial for 20 years. He's been with dozens of women (soiled many beds), but doesn't find satisfaction. The singer, who is comfortable with his homosexuality, has always sensed that David is gay, and he is pleading for David to "look into [his] eyes." Maybe tonight will be the turning point.
The lyric "Just like I've been doing, David, all my life" is no accident. Take out the comma-see what you get.
I had a good friend in high school who struggled for years with his homosexuality. He always said that if he had sex with just the right woman, maybe he wouldn't be gay anymore. Of course, it doesn't work that way, and he finally came to terms with his homosexuality. Now he is married to a Cuban yoga instructor and he's happy.
I confer until you assume the speaker is a comfortable homosexual. "Just like I've been doing all my life" follows right behind "always asking why." The whole thing doesn't follow the progression of a dialogue, but it mimics one when he confronts David by addressing him: "Oh David..."
With this dialogue nature, the lyrics can build on each other, therefore the placement is important and so the speaker too has been asking all his life.
I confer until you assume the speaker is a comfortable homosexual. "Just like I've been doing all my life" follows right behind "always asking why." The whole thing doesn't follow the progression of a dialogue, but it mimics one when he confronts David by addressing him: "Oh David..."
With this dialogue nature, the lyrics can build on each other, therefore the placement is important and so the speaker too has been asking all his life.
I see a different possible scenario playing out too. The speaker defines his sexuality here, but we have no...
I see a different possible scenario playing out too. The speaker defines his sexuality here, but we have no physical evidence that David is a closet. We only have the speaker's projection that David is "lost inside." With the speaker being a closeted homosexual in a long term bromance with David (he couldn't say David was like this for 20 years unless they knew each other for a while), he would have good reason to see the evidence his way. We also have no evidence of how David accepted this confrontation (could have even been an imagined one for that matter). We only have evidence that the speaker wants David. "I've been holding on for all our lives."
I personally love the ambiguity; it's the sure sign of some fantastic lyrics.
Folks - check out the photo that accompanies this single. It is a black and white picture of two young, sexy, buff men wrestling in the sand with fingers interlocked.
There is no way this song is about anything other than homosexuality. David is a smokin' hot homosexual male who has been in denial for 20 years. He's been with dozens of women (soiled many beds), but doesn't find satisfaction. The singer, who is comfortable with his homosexuality, has always sensed that David is gay, and he is pleading for David to "look into [his] eyes." Maybe tonight will be the turning point.
The lyric "Just like I've been doing, David, all my life" is no accident. Take out the comma-see what you get.
I had a good friend in high school who struggled for years with his homosexuality. He always said that if he had sex with just the right woman, maybe he wouldn't be gay anymore. Of course, it doesn't work that way, and he finally came to terms with his homosexuality. Now he is married to a Cuban yoga instructor and he's happy.
I confer until you assume the speaker is a comfortable homosexual. "Just like I've been doing all my life" follows right behind "always asking why." The whole thing doesn't follow the progression of a dialogue, but it mimics one when he confronts David by addressing him: "Oh David..." With this dialogue nature, the lyrics can build on each other, therefore the placement is important and so the speaker too has been asking all his life.
I confer until you assume the speaker is a comfortable homosexual. "Just like I've been doing all my life" follows right behind "always asking why." The whole thing doesn't follow the progression of a dialogue, but it mimics one when he confronts David by addressing him: "Oh David..." With this dialogue nature, the lyrics can build on each other, therefore the placement is important and so the speaker too has been asking all his life.
I see a different possible scenario playing out too. The speaker defines his sexuality here, but we have no...
I see a different possible scenario playing out too. The speaker defines his sexuality here, but we have no physical evidence that David is a closet. We only have the speaker's projection that David is "lost inside." With the speaker being a closeted homosexual in a long term bromance with David (he couldn't say David was like this for 20 years unless they knew each other for a while), he would have good reason to see the evidence his way. We also have no evidence of how David accepted this confrontation (could have even been an imagined one for that matter). We only have evidence that the speaker wants David. "I've been holding on for all our lives."
I personally love the ambiguity; it's the sure sign of some fantastic lyrics.