I'm surprised that nobody has really made an in-depth commentary on this song, because it's about a subject that I think relates to a lot of people.
To sum up, the song is basically about a man or woman saying "I don't care how you treat me, I don't care if you leave me tomorrow, just stay with me tonight". The song is about that desperate loneliness that we all feel now and again, where we just need someone to hold us, to feel someone's body against our own, even if we may feel completely differently the next day.
In the bridge, "go away then, damn you" is referring to the morning after 'tonight', when he knows that he won't feel the way he feels now and won't need someone to be with. "Do as you please, you ain't gonna see me getting down on my knees."
But the repetition of the first verse to close the song brings it back to the fact that regardless of how he'll feel tomorrow, tonight he just wants someone to hold.
I'm surprised that nobody has really made an in-depth commentary on this song, because it's about a subject that I think relates to a lot of people.
To sum up, the song is basically about a man or woman saying "I don't care how you treat me, I don't care if you leave me tomorrow, just stay with me tonight". The song is about that desperate loneliness that we all feel now and again, where we just need someone to hold us, to feel someone's body against our own, even if we may feel completely differently the next day.
In the bridge, "go away then, damn you" is referring to the morning after 'tonight', when he knows that he won't feel the way he feels now and won't need someone to be with. "Do as you please, you ain't gonna see me getting down on my knees."
But the repetition of the first verse to close the song brings it back to the fact that regardless of how he'll feel tomorrow, tonight he just wants someone to hold.