I'm pretty sure the "Monkey" in this song refers to the idea of having "a monkey on your back"
A "monkey on your back" is a long-standing burden. It's something that's been hanging over your head or nagging you at the back of your mind. More than that, it's something that you let bother you more than you probably should.
If you have a long and successful career, but you never completed your degree, then the unfinished degree is a "monkey on your back" - it bothers you even though you've been successful.
In the song, the "monkey on my back" is the uncommitted relationship. There's a woman he's always wanted to sleep with, and he's finally decided that tonight it's going to happen (and since we hear a man and a woman singing together, then it's obviously the two of them agreeing, as Vrshuddhi said)
I'm pretty sure the "Monkey" in this song refers to the idea of having "a monkey on your back"
A "monkey on your back" is a long-standing burden. It's something that's been hanging over your head or nagging you at the back of your mind. More than that, it's something that you let bother you more than you probably should.
If you have a long and successful career, but you never completed your degree, then the unfinished degree is a "monkey on your back" - it bothers you even though you've been successful.
In the song, the "monkey on my back" is the uncommitted relationship. There's a woman he's always wanted to sleep with, and he's finally decided that tonight it's going to happen (and since we hear a man and a woman singing together, then it's obviously the two of them agreeing, as Vrshuddhi said)
@phileaux Thank you so much for this interpretation.
@phileaux Thank you so much for this interpretation.