If we look at the title name of the song, we can’t really examine that this name as just any woman, but of Carmen - the femme fatale main character of Bizet’s Opera of the same name.
Carmen was a gypsy seductress. She seduced a man, José, who she later left for someone else. I believe this song may be in the perspective of José.
He is so enamored and infatuated with her. He says he cannot go back (he was still in a relationship with his childhood sweetheart).
This song really speaks to the male gaze and some men’s readiness to abandon the women already in their lives. It’s quite ironic in the play by Bizet because José’s infidelity resulted in Carmen rejecting him anyway. José kills Carmen as a result.
If we look at the title name of the song, we can’t really examine that this name as just any woman, but of Carmen - the femme fatale main character of Bizet’s Opera of the same name.
Carmen was a gypsy seductress. She seduced a man, José, who she later left for someone else. I believe this song may be in the perspective of José.
He is so enamored and infatuated with her. He says he cannot go back (he was still in a relationship with his childhood sweetheart).
This song really speaks to the male gaze and some men’s readiness to abandon the women already in their lives. It’s quite ironic in the play by Bizet because José’s infidelity resulted in Carmen rejecting him anyway. José kills Carmen as a result.
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