You can take this song quite literally. The narrator is faced with the unexpected attention of another person, and she is debating whether or not to dismiss it. Every verse, she becomes more and more curious about and open to the idea of letting the person in to her life. But in every chorus, the narrator has a rejection reflex; and it's unclear whether she is rejecting out of necessity or in a playful way, or both. By the end of the song, she realizes she may actually share an attraction with this person, and needs "a moment to deliberate."
This isn't a new feeling expressed in music before, but notice how the lyrics take a simple moment that all women experience, and finds both an abstract and personal way of depicting the scene. And aside from the lyrics, notice how intense and almost ritualistic the music is. There's a seductive sound, both parts spiritual and sensual, which to me sounds as if she's tapping into an age-old feeling. And think about how all these opposing feelings of abstract/personal of the lyrics and spiritual/sensual of the music are mirrored in the basic plot of the lyrics, which is the narrator going back and forth between saying yes and no to a person who is pursuing an attraction to her.
You can take this song quite literally. The narrator is faced with the unexpected attention of another person, and she is debating whether or not to dismiss it. Every verse, she becomes more and more curious about and open to the idea of letting the person in to her life. But in every chorus, the narrator has a rejection reflex; and it's unclear whether she is rejecting out of necessity or in a playful way, or both. By the end of the song, she realizes she may actually share an attraction with this person, and needs "a moment to deliberate."
This isn't a new feeling expressed in music before, but notice how the lyrics take a simple moment that all women experience, and finds both an abstract and personal way of depicting the scene. And aside from the lyrics, notice how intense and almost ritualistic the music is. There's a seductive sound, both parts spiritual and sensual, which to me sounds as if she's tapping into an age-old feeling. And think about how all these opposing feelings of abstract/personal of the lyrics and spiritual/sensual of the music are mirrored in the basic plot of the lyrics, which is the narrator going back and forth between saying yes and no to a person who is pursuing an attraction to her.
[Edit: misspelled word]