Perfect example of EC's talent for capturing the emotional angst and desire for a girl (who represents a pinnacle of attractiveness or ideal - a common theme) who may or may not give in to the singer physically, and after its been consummated, the narrator is astounded at how pointless it was.
As with many of his other material, EC is very prescient. "Everybody's getting meaner"...Like a hearing a partner afterward nonchalantly comparing the encounter to a simple physical need like going to bathroom (with a wave of her hand) , it leaves the narrator hung up in the emotional barbed wire (concertina) trap many others like him find themselves. This rings true in recent times as folks who have fought in the online dating world battlefield have experienced over and over again, doing the same things over and over again, and like in the definition of insanity, expect to get a different result.
Dating is brutality and appearances are deceiving.
Perfect example of EC's talent for capturing the emotional angst and desire for a girl (who represents a pinnacle of attractiveness or ideal - a common theme) who may or may not give in to the singer physically, and after its been consummated, the narrator is astounded at how pointless it was.
As with many of his other material, EC is very prescient. "Everybody's getting meaner"...Like a hearing a partner afterward nonchalantly comparing the encounter to a simple physical need like going to bathroom (with a wave of her hand) , it leaves the narrator hung up in the emotional barbed wire (concertina) trap many others like him find themselves. This rings true in recent times as folks who have fought in the online dating world battlefield have experienced over and over again, doing the same things over and over again, and like in the definition of insanity, expect to get a different result.
Dating is brutality and appearances are deceiving.