I think the singer is meant to be the opposite of lazy.
In the first verse he claims he's lazy while he speaks, walks, dances, talks... a lot of things going on, for a lazy man. He's working very hard, in fact, to put up the impression of being uncaringly, untouchably cool:
<i>No tears are falling from my eyes
I'm keepin' all the pain inside</i>
That doesn't sound easy to do. Why is he doing it?
<i>Now don't you want to live with me?
I'm lazy as a man can be </i>
<i>Oh.</i> He can't be seen to put forth this much effort to appear effortless; it would ruin his image as being carefree and attractive. It's "hard keeping it all inside," so much so that he'd "almost stop."
He's closer to the people who clean the street than the ones with money and decisions, but he can't appear to envy them or the ignominy of his position catches up with him. The music underscores this; a fast, hard-driving rhythm for the continual assurances that he's very, very lazy. Really. Just listen to him. So lazy.
I think the singer is meant to be the opposite of lazy.
In the first verse he claims he's lazy while he speaks, walks, dances, talks... a lot of things going on, for a lazy man. He's working very hard, in fact, to put up the impression of being uncaringly, untouchably cool:
<i>No tears are falling from my eyes I'm keepin' all the pain inside</i>
That doesn't sound easy to do. Why is he doing it?
<i>Now don't you want to live with me? I'm lazy as a man can be </i>
<i>Oh.</i> He can't be seen to put forth this much effort to appear effortless; it would ruin his image as being carefree and attractive. It's "hard keeping it all inside," so much so that he'd "almost stop."
He's closer to the people who clean the street than the ones with money and decisions, but he can't appear to envy them or the ignominy of his position catches up with him. The music underscores this; a fast, hard-driving rhythm for the continual assurances that he's very, very lazy. Really. Just listen to him. So lazy.