Shut Up and Dance

I like this song way too much.

So now let's ruin the message of it by overanalyzing it! :)

<i>Oh don't you dare look back Just keep your eyes on me. I said your holding back, She said shut up and dance with me! This woman is my destiny She said oh oh oh Shut up and dance with me</i>

Obviously the young man has a problem with overthinking things and regretting the past, and he encounters a girl without that particular problem (don't you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me...)

<i>We were victims of the night, The chemical, physical, kryptonite Helpless to the bass and the fading light Oh we were born to get together, Born to get together....

A backless dress and some beat up sneaks, My disco tec Juliet teenage dream. I felt it in my chest as she looked at me. I knew we were born to be together, Born to be together...

Deep in her eyes, I think I see the future. I realize this is my last chance.....</i>

Obviously it all feels predestined to him, and he goes on about THAT in his overwrought way. I kind of doubt she's thought about it that much.

<i>She took my arm, I don't know how it happened. We took the floor and she said

Oh don't you dare look back Just keep your eyes on me. I said your holding back, She said shut up and dance with me! This woman is my destiny She said oh oh oh Shut up and dance with me</i>

So she's taken control of him and the situation. He wants to <i>discuss</i> the wonder of the whole thing, and she just wants to dance/enjoy the moment.

Perhaps she knows this isn't a permanent thing? Or maybe it is, so she wants to enjoy it together, without going over the regrets of the past?