I think you guys hit it on the nose about the section about his wife; however, I feel like the chorus is talking about the fake people in his life:
"You never know where some people will go
Yeah some people been hurtin' me
You can tell by look, by the slightest crook
In the neck or the blink of an eye"
I think it shows how perceptive he is about the people who are real and loving in his life (his wife) and those who are not. In the music video we see him at a mansion, and it opens with an older relative asking him how he's doing. He walks off quickly after the comment and you can see that he's not buying people's fake kindness and "sympathetic words."
All around the video you see imagery of snakes blending into the environment, implying that some people's true sly natures are hidden.
People will talk words of kindness and even "sing" them to you, but "you never know where some people will go" or how they really feel about you. And most of the time, if you look closely enough, can tell that they really don't care with the "slightest crook in the neck or the blink of an eye." Their "kind" comments don't mean a "goddamn thing"
I think you guys hit it on the nose about the section about his wife; however, I feel like the chorus is talking about the fake people in his life: "You never know where some people will go Yeah some people been hurtin' me You can tell by look, by the slightest crook In the neck or the blink of an eye"
I think it shows how perceptive he is about the people who are real and loving in his life (his wife) and those who are not. In the music video we see him at a mansion, and it opens with an older relative asking him how he's doing. He walks off quickly after the comment and you can see that he's not buying people's fake kindness and "sympathetic words."
All around the video you see imagery of snakes blending into the environment, implying that some people's true sly natures are hidden.
People will talk words of kindness and even "sing" them to you, but "you never know where some people will go" or how they really feel about you. And most of the time, if you look closely enough, can tell that they really don't care with the "slightest crook in the neck or the blink of an eye." Their "kind" comments don't mean a "goddamn thing"