I agree that the girl's sexuality is in question, as is the nature of her promiscuity, but I don't agree that either of these are the focus of the song.
Think about the narrator...he (or she, but I think it's a he) attempts to present himself as somewhat neutral and without any emotional investment, ("a boy I never rated") but it's clear that he has a deep lust for this girl ("and feel the city air run past your body"). I think that everything that we learn about the girl's lifestyle ("kissing girls in English at the back of the stairs", "you always get your way") is just speculation on the part of the narrator.
I think this is a song about the paranoia that you feel when you long for someone you can't have. This narrator is someone who is not athletic and sees the beauty in athletes, but has become so infatuated with this girl that he is consumed by the idea that athletes are beautiful people. He wants her so badly, yet still questions his own sexuality (here "a boy I never rated" might have more meanings than one) that he reflects this upon his ideal of her.
It's a song about feeling sexually sidelined, and not knowing who or what to blame.
I agree that the girl's sexuality is in question, as is the nature of her promiscuity, but I don't agree that either of these are the focus of the song.
Think about the narrator...he (or she, but I think it's a he) attempts to present himself as somewhat neutral and without any emotional investment, ("a boy I never rated") but it's clear that he has a deep lust for this girl ("and feel the city air run past your body"). I think that everything that we learn about the girl's lifestyle ("kissing girls in English at the back of the stairs", "you always get your way") is just speculation on the part of the narrator.
I think this is a song about the paranoia that you feel when you long for someone you can't have. This narrator is someone who is not athletic and sees the beauty in athletes, but has become so infatuated with this girl that he is consumed by the idea that athletes are beautiful people. He wants her so badly, yet still questions his own sexuality (here "a boy I never rated" might have more meanings than one) that he reflects this upon his ideal of her.
It's a song about feeling sexually sidelined, and not knowing who or what to blame.
Who knows