I think it's about the about the vanity and superficiality of society and our obsession with physical aesthetics and society's fascination with the beautiful in the world. The song is half satirising/half giving very valid social commentary on how people are so obsessed with physical appearance and good looks and look at those who posess it as being like Gods/Godesses.
The model is a mere metaphor for the attractive male or female you see walking around the bar and 'checking all the men...playing her game'- ie. she/he always checks to see are they being looked at, afterall they need to know they are being admired yet they pretend to be oblivious to it all. It's all part of 'the 'game'.
'She plays hard to get, she smiles from time to time'- the attractive person flirts with many but knows they are in high demand so has the ability to be picky, it's almost cliche to watch the scenario in action... you can see the pretty girl/guy being approached and having small talk then rejecting the many admirers.
'For beauty we will pay'- this works on a few levels, the attractive person gets so much attention that others will be falling over to pay for them or it could be non fiancial and 'pay' attention to them-we as a society always pay attention to beauty. Then there's the element of marketing and how companies will use attractive people to sell their products and how beautiful people will sacrifice any morals they have for a camera 'only takes a camera to change her mind.'
It then goes on to say about her becoming 'a big success, I want to to meet her again' after he 'saw her on the cover of a magazine' taps into the culture of how the beautiful rise to the top and become celebrities and we see them and consequently find their beauty so appealing that we want to see more of them...
I think it's about the about the vanity and superficiality of society and our obsession with physical aesthetics and society's fascination with the beautiful in the world. The song is half satirising/half giving very valid social commentary on how people are so obsessed with physical appearance and good looks and look at those who posess it as being like Gods/Godesses. The model is a mere metaphor for the attractive male or female you see walking around the bar and 'checking all the men...playing her game'- ie. she/he always checks to see are they being looked at, afterall they need to know they are being admired yet they pretend to be oblivious to it all. It's all part of 'the 'game'. 'She plays hard to get, she smiles from time to time'- the attractive person flirts with many but knows they are in high demand so has the ability to be picky, it's almost cliche to watch the scenario in action... you can see the pretty girl/guy being approached and having small talk then rejecting the many admirers. 'For beauty we will pay'- this works on a few levels, the attractive person gets so much attention that others will be falling over to pay for them or it could be non fiancial and 'pay' attention to them-we as a society always pay attention to beauty. Then there's the element of marketing and how companies will use attractive people to sell their products and how beautiful people will sacrifice any morals they have for a camera 'only takes a camera to change her mind.' It then goes on to say about her becoming 'a big success, I want to to meet her again' after he 'saw her on the cover of a magazine' taps into the culture of how the beautiful rise to the top and become celebrities and we see them and consequently find their beauty so appealing that we want to see more of them...