The song uses a paradoxical metaphor in beautiful language to describe what may have been an imbalanced relationship. The opening line he defends his position that he won't be treated like he's only useful as some guy from a movie. Sometimes when I listen to it I feel he is telling women that he understands their feeling, and that the victim is often the lady. Brian Fallon is a deep thinker and song writer, so making it unisex may have been an intentional idea but I can't say for sure. The song was written early in the relationship or after some turbulence, and in the later verses he describes his predictions of who he may become to his love in the future. Just like Every Rose Has It's Thorn, him becoming a thorn in her side can be a good thing even if it hurts her pride.
The song uses a paradoxical metaphor in beautiful language to describe what may have been an imbalanced relationship. The opening line he defends his position that he won't be treated like he's only useful as some guy from a movie. Sometimes when I listen to it I feel he is telling women that he understands their feeling, and that the victim is often the lady. Brian Fallon is a deep thinker and song writer, so making it unisex may have been an intentional idea but I can't say for sure. The song was written early in the relationship or after some turbulence, and in the later verses he describes his predictions of who he may become to his love in the future. Just like Every Rose Has It's Thorn, him becoming a thorn in her side can be a good thing even if it hurts her pride.