Wow, how have these lyrics not been corrected in nine years?
Anyway... Love, love, love this song, but I think some of the previous comments are overthinking it a little. To me, it's a pretty straightforward song about an inexperienced teenage boy pleading with a girl (maybe a girlfriend, maybe not) to let him try out oral sex on her.
"I'll be your candle, I'll be your statuette," drives home the inexperienced bit. Poor kid's idea of female masturbation seems to be informed solely by porn. Adorable.
The one lyric I find really up for debate is "I'll be your lashing loop of leatherette" - clearly describing a whip, which lends some credence to the previous commenter suggesting some BDSM themes, but personally, I think it's just a cheeky play on the phrase "tongue lashing." Still, it's no accident that it happens to conjure other erotic imagery; we are listening to the fantasies of a horny teenager, after all.
Last note: St. Philomena was a virgin martyr - clever name for a girl who won't open her legs for him!
Wow, how have these lyrics not been corrected in nine years?
Anyway... Love, love, love this song, but I think some of the previous comments are overthinking it a little. To me, it's a pretty straightforward song about an inexperienced teenage boy pleading with a girl (maybe a girlfriend, maybe not) to let him try out oral sex on her.
"I'll be your candle, I'll be your statuette," drives home the inexperienced bit. Poor kid's idea of female masturbation seems to be informed solely by porn. Adorable.
The one lyric I find really up for debate is "I'll be your lashing loop of leatherette" - clearly describing a whip, which lends some credence to the previous commenter suggesting some BDSM themes, but personally, I think it's just a cheeky play on the phrase "tongue lashing." Still, it's no accident that it happens to conjure other erotic imagery; we are listening to the fantasies of a horny teenager, after all.
Last note: St. Philomena was a virgin martyr - clever name for a girl who won't open her legs for him!