The Denial Twist

If you think that a kiss is all in the lips C'mon, you got it all wrong, man And if you think that our dance was all in the hips Oh well, then do the twist If you think holding hands is all in the fingers Grab hold of the soul where the memory lingers and Make sure to never do it with a singer Cause he'll tell everyone in the world

What he was thinking about the girl Yeah, what he's thinking about the girl

This part of the song basically says, "If you think the affair was meaningless and superficial, don't kid yourself and don't fuck around with a singer because he will put it all out there for everyone to hear exactly how he felt and what he thinks about you and the situation."

A lot of people get confused and they bruise Real easy when it comes to love They start putting on their shoes and walking out And singing "boy, I think I had enough"

In this part of the song Jack is saying one option the scorned lover could take would be to give up on love. Lots of people do that when they get rejected.

Just because she makes you feel wrong She don't mean to be mean or hurt you on purpose, boy Take a tip and do yourself a little service Take a mountain turn it into a mole

Just by playing a different role Yeah, by playing a different role

But then Jack points out that just because you feel bad, it might have nothing to do with you personally. So do yourself a favor and don't make it a bigger deal than it needs to be. Reframe it by accepting that you weren't the one meant to be "the one" with her.

The boat yeah you know she's rockin' it And the truth well ya know there's no stoppin' it

'Cause you are not over her yet. She is still in your system and you still don't have it under control - no matter how much you deny it.

So what, somebody left you in a rut And wants to be the one who's in control But the feeling that you're under can really make you wonder How the hell she can be so cold

Someone rejected you because they wanted to protect themselves by ending the relationship. That's the banal truth of the matter. But, it's your feelings that are making you feel disbelief that she could treat you so coldly.

So now you're left, denying the truth And it's hidden in the wisdom in the back of your tooth Ya need to spit it out, in a telephone booth While ya call everyone that you know, and ask 'em

Where do you think she goes Oh yeah, where do ya suppose she goes

And so now you're in denial of the fact she didn't care about you. And the rotten truth is festering in your soul like a bad tooth. And it causes you to call your friends and you can't talk about anything except trying to make sense of why she left you and wonder what she's up to.

The truth well you know there's no stoppin' it And the boat well ya know she's still rockin' it

All this desperate behavior on your part does nothing to change the fact you were just not that important to her. Meanwhile, the thought of her is still fucking with your emotions.

You recognize the effect and the fact That it's comin' when she rocks the boat. But it's the cause hittin' on the cardinal laws About the proper place to hang her coat.

You understand all this intellectually, but the emotions are still there because you still made a final decision on thinking of this girl as "the one" vs. "just some dumb girl who wasn't that into you".

So to you, the truth is still hidden And the soul plays the role of a lost little kitten But you should know that the doctors weren't kiddin' She's been singing it all along

And so you are the only one who can't see the truth and you're acting like you're a helpless victim when you should really just accept the advice everyone else was telling you when they said "Dude, this girl is not that serious. It's pretty obvious."

But you were hearin' a different song Yeah you were hearin' a different song But you were hearin' a different song

You misinterpreted who she was and what she was all about in this relationship. In other words, you were wrong about her. She was saying one thing and you were hearing something completely different.