I like what some have already said in the comments, but i want to add a few relevant points based on some personal experiences, I recently added this song to a playlist I made about a girl i have a crush on, we see each other all the time and there is this special feeling I feel every time our eyes connect, and it seems we are both out there on that bike trail that stretches for miles, for reasons beyond just exercise, but to get away from the world and connect to actual life, and I have this feeling that she also feels what I feel. But so much of the essence of this song, I feel in the lines:
"Touch me, yeah
I want you to touch me there
Make me feel like I am breathing
Feel like I am human"
We are born into this world, and the magic we feel as kids is forcefully stomped out of so many of us by the time we reach adult life, and then life becomes so mechanical, often meaningless or dull to so many compared to what it used to be. So few things give people that feeling that makes them feel alive anymore, and the way the world feels to so many of us artists feels so disconnected, makes us feel like we are no longer human, but the chase of romance is something that no matter how old I get, the meaning still gives me that same magical feeling I had as a kid, then those lines "Make me feel like I am breathing, Feel like I am human" makes so much sense to me, especially since its something very relevant to my life right now. Very few things give life that magic that romance and passionate sex does, but I would say that although the romantic overtones in the song are apparent, at its very essence its talking about the way life drains the life out of us and hangs us out to dry, or die, whether it is from a shitty marriage, a shitty job, the shittiness of life in general, and to have a little death becomes a way to be reborn, perhaps it is through the little death the French call "Le petit mort" or orgasm, since it is for a second a similar dissociation from the body and worldly concerns, but it could also apply to anything that you do for a thrill in life to make you feel more alive. Its funny, cuz today I was riding my bike and i listen to a playlist on the ride and I saw the girl and passed her right as the song said "And he had said, "Darling, your looks can kill,
So now you're dead." And her looks are such, i've had many beautiful girlfriends in my life, but this girl was flawless, and had this aura to her that glows, and it is kind of intimidating to the degree that it feels paralyzing to the point of death, but then i keep going back for more because the challenge and the chase of romance makes me feel so alive in a world that seems anything but alive. The double meanings in all this echo to levels that most, including myself, can barely even comprehend....
I like what some have already said in the comments, but i want to add a few relevant points based on some personal experiences, I recently added this song to a playlist I made about a girl i have a crush on, we see each other all the time and there is this special feeling I feel every time our eyes connect, and it seems we are both out there on that bike trail that stretches for miles, for reasons beyond just exercise, but to get away from the world and connect to actual life, and I have this feeling that she also feels what I feel. But so much of the essence of this song, I feel in the lines:
"Touch me, yeah I want you to touch me there Make me feel like I am breathing Feel like I am human"
We are born into this world, and the magic we feel as kids is forcefully stomped out of so many of us by the time we reach adult life, and then life becomes so mechanical, often meaningless or dull to so many compared to what it used to be. So few things give people that feeling that makes them feel alive anymore, and the way the world feels to so many of us artists feels so disconnected, makes us feel like we are no longer human, but the chase of romance is something that no matter how old I get, the meaning still gives me that same magical feeling I had as a kid, then those lines "Make me feel like I am breathing, Feel like I am human" makes so much sense to me, especially since its something very relevant to my life right now. Very few things give life that magic that romance and passionate sex does, but I would say that although the romantic overtones in the song are apparent, at its very essence its talking about the way life drains the life out of us and hangs us out to dry, or die, whether it is from a shitty marriage, a shitty job, the shittiness of life in general, and to have a little death becomes a way to be reborn, perhaps it is through the little death the French call "Le petit mort" or orgasm, since it is for a second a similar dissociation from the body and worldly concerns, but it could also apply to anything that you do for a thrill in life to make you feel more alive. Its funny, cuz today I was riding my bike and i listen to a playlist on the ride and I saw the girl and passed her right as the song said "And he had said, "Darling, your looks can kill, So now you're dead." And her looks are such, i've had many beautiful girlfriends in my life, but this girl was flawless, and had this aura to her that glows, and it is kind of intimidating to the degree that it feels paralyzing to the point of death, but then i keep going back for more because the challenge and the chase of romance makes me feel so alive in a world that seems anything but alive. The double meanings in all this echo to levels that most, including myself, can barely even comprehend....
That's my 2 cents, thanks for reading! :)