I think it's an underrated Placebo song and in my opinion it's more than a typical heterosexual love song!
It's about a lyrical subject that seems to be male and is dreaming of falling in love with a girl and about all the funny, cute and romantic things they could do.
It could be at the begining of a relationship, when a sex affair has potential to become more.
But the interesting, seldom discussed verse is:
"I want to be a girl like you
The way you swing your hips in jeans
I want to wear my face like you
Shiseido MAC and Maybelline"
I never found a love song, where the probably male lyrical subject desires a woman and wants to be that woman at the same time: He does not only want to have a personality like her, but literally wants to be feminine, to dress like her etc.
So this seemingly ordinary "I want to fall in love" song is very queer and it's not surprising since one of the writers Biran Molko himself is androgynous, feminine and bisexual (and some say genderqueer as well).
This song has potential for identification for numerous queer identities:
Bisexuals, especially male, feminine performing bisexuals, crossdressers, guydykes (male lesbians), non-binary people, even some trans women at the begining of their transition and finding process could relate to it and everyone who experienced the feeling "I don't know whether I want you or want to be you".
I think it's an underrated Placebo song and in my opinion it's more than a typical heterosexual love song! It's about a lyrical subject that seems to be male and is dreaming of falling in love with a girl and about all the funny, cute and romantic things they could do. It could be at the begining of a relationship, when a sex affair has potential to become more. But the interesting, seldom discussed verse is:
"I want to be a girl like you The way you swing your hips in jeans I want to wear my face like you Shiseido MAC and Maybelline"
I never found a love song, where the probably male lyrical subject desires a woman and wants to be that woman at the same time: He does not only want to have a personality like her, but literally wants to be feminine, to dress like her etc. So this seemingly ordinary "I want to fall in love" song is very queer and it's not surprising since one of the writers Biran Molko himself is androgynous, feminine and bisexual (and some say genderqueer as well). This song has potential for identification for numerous queer identities: Bisexuals, especially male, feminine performing bisexuals, crossdressers, guydykes (male lesbians), non-binary people, even some trans women at the begining of their transition and finding process could relate to it and everyone who experienced the feeling "I don't know whether I want you or want to be you".
*Brian Molko, of course!
*Brian Molko, of course!