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You're dangerous 'cause you're honest
You're dangerous, you don't know what you want
Well you left my heart empty as a vacant lot
For any spirit to haunt
Hey hey sha la la
Hey hey
You're an accident waiting to happen
You're a piece of glass left in a beach
Well, you tell me things I know you're not supposed to
Then you leave me just out of reach
Hey hey sha la la
Hey hey sha la la
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee?
Well you stole it 'cause I needed the cash
And you killed it 'cause I wanted revenge
Well you lied to me 'cause I asked you to
Baby, can we still be friends?
Hey hey sha la la
Hey hey sha la la
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee?
Oh, the deeper I spin
Oh, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin
Took a drive in the dirty rain
To a place where the wind calls your name
Under the trees the river laughing at you and me
Hallelujah, heavens white rose
The doors you open
I just can't close
Don't turn around, don't turn around again
Don't turn around, your gypsy heart
Don't turn around, don't turn around again
Don't turn around, and don't look back
Come on now love, don't you look back!
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna taste your salt water kisses?
Who's gonna take the place of me?
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna tame the heart of thee?
You're dangerous, you don't know what you want
Well you left my heart empty as a vacant lot
For any spirit to haunt
Hey hey sha la la
Hey hey
You're an accident waiting to happen
You're a piece of glass left in a beach
Well, you tell me things I know you're not supposed to
Then you leave me just out of reach
Hey hey sha la la
Hey hey sha la la
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee?
Well you stole it 'cause I needed the cash
And you killed it 'cause I wanted revenge
Well you lied to me 'cause I asked you to
Baby, can we still be friends?
Hey hey sha la la
Hey hey sha la la
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee?
Oh, the deeper I spin
Oh, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin
Took a drive in the dirty rain
To a place where the wind calls your name
Under the trees the river laughing at you and me
Hallelujah, heavens white rose
The doors you open
I just can't close
Don't turn around, don't turn around again
Don't turn around, your gypsy heart
Don't turn around, don't turn around again
Don't turn around, and don't look back
Come on now love, don't you look back!
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna taste your salt water kisses?
Who's gonna take the place of me?
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna tame the heart of thee?
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You're dangerous, you don't know what you want
Well you left my heart empty as a vacant lot
--> She is a previous lover, that she "left my heart empty as a vacant lot"
For any spirit to haunt
--> Refers to whoever he is with now
You're an accident waiting to happen
You're a piece of glass left in a beach
Well, you tell me things I know you're not supposed to
Then you leave me just out of reach
--> She comes back to him, but he is in another relationship - its "an accident waiting to happen" if he falls in love with her again.
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee?
--> He wonders who will she ultimately end up with. Blue sea = blue eyes
Well you stole it 'cause I needed the cash
And you killed it 'cause I wanted revenge
Well you lied to me 'cause I asked you to
Baby, can we still be friends?
--> When they were together, she would do anything for him. When the initial relationship ended - she lied to him saying that they could still be friends, because that's what he wanted to hear
Oh, the deeper I spin
Oh, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin
--> He is admitting to being tempted by her at the expense of his current relationship
Took a drive in the dirty rain
To a place where the wind calls your name
Under the trees the river laughing at you and me
--> poetic recall of being together again. River laughing = can't separate 2 streams/rivers that have joined into one
Hallelujah, heavens white rose
The doors you open
I just can't close
--> He wants her, if she offer an opportunity, he won't say no
Don't turn around, don't turn around again
Don't turn around, your gypsy heart
Don't turn around, don't turn around again
Don't turn around, and don't look back
Come on now love, don't you look back!
--> He's pleading with her (and himself) to go, because he cannot resist her.
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna taste your salt water kisses?
Who's gonna take the place of me?
--> He wonders who will take his place - I think this line is filled with bravado, sadness, regret, jealousy.
You're dangerous 'cause you're honest
You're dangerous, you don't know what you want
Well you left my heart empty as a vacant lot
For any spirit to haunt
Hey hey sha la la
Hey hey
You're an accident waiting to happen
You're a piece of glass left there on the beach
Well you tell me things I know you're not supposed to
Then you leave me just out of reach
is him worried about the trouble to his life this woman could cause, and that she is also has issues.
The next bit is him missing her and still wanting her even though he knows he can't go there. The doors u open I just can't close means to me that he can't get her out of his heart and although he says go he doesn't really want her to.
Oh, the deeper I spin
Oh, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin
Took a drive in the dirty rain
To a place where the wind calls your name
Under the trees the river laughing at you and me
Hallelujah, heavens white rose
The doors you open
I just can't close
Don't turn around, don't turn around again
Don't turn around, your gypsy heart
Don't turn around, don't turn around again
Don't turn around, and don't look back
Come on now love, don't you look back
This bit to me says he's telling her to go as he knows it's for the best, even though he still wants her.
This last last bit of the song for me (see below) is him saying, who are you going to love next, who is going to have you next, and have what I am missing out on, what I love.
Who's gonna ride your wild horses
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea
Who's gonna taste your salt water kisses
Who's gonna take the place of me
Who's gonna ride your wild horses
Who's gonna tame the heart of thee
I love to listen to this song when I'm angry or unstable. It's quite an angsty song, and I always calm down listening to it.
"Took a drive in the dirty rain, to a place where the wind calls your name
Only the trees and river laughing at you and me
Hallelujah, Heaven's white rose
The doors you open I just can't close"
That's sheer poetry. It evokes quite vivid images in my mind- a man driving down a watery, glistening black street in a dirty red pickup truck, rain beating down in sheets... and then he and the girl, "Heaven's white rose", are sitting by the river, a churning brown river, making love in the mud- and her hair is black, her dress is white, and it's getting stained from the mud they're rolling in, and the trees provide little shelter, and wind is whistling through the branches...
I get so caught up in this song. I love it to death.
To a place where the wind calls your name
Under the trees the river laughing at you and me"
"Whose going to ride your wild horses" refers to who will be the one to live in her “free spirited” world and give her what she wants. He tried, but not his world either. He is hurt, but he knows he cannot be the one to ultimately make her happy. "Don’t turn around", He is asking her to keep going, because if she did turn around, he won’t be able to resist knowing that it is the wrong thing to do. "Who’s going to drown in your blue sea, whose going to taste your salt water kisses"
Has nothing to do with tears, he refers to the one who will fall in her world (her blue sea) and taste her salt water kisses (her salt water lips from her blue sea). Who will be the one she will fall in love with. He is hurt it is not him, but he always knew it never was. "Who is going to tame the heart of thee" (who will she commit to?)
You're an accident waiting to happen...
She has obviously hurt him in the past by leaving him and he knows she will do it again
You tell me things I know you're not supposed to, then you leave me just out of reach...
She confides in him, loves him, but won't commit to him
Who's gonna ride your wild horses...
Who is going to be that guy that sweeps her off her feet, the guy she would never leave?
The deeper I spin, the hunter will sin for your ivory skin...
He is in over his head and is willing to "sin" (cheat on his spouse???) just to be with her
Took a drive in the dirty rain...the river was laughing at you and me...
He snuck away to be with her and is metaphorically being mocked by the river that they can't keep away from each other yet aren't together
Heaven's white rose, the doors you open, I just can't close...
Clearly he looks at her like an angel and when she comes looking for him, he just cannot say no to her
Don't turn around, don't turn around your gypsy heart...
He's asking her to stop coming back to him, she is a wild woman who is off running here and there but comes back to him and he doesn't want her to because he cannot stop himself from wanting to be with her
Come on love, don't you look back...
He calls her "love" because he still loves her, but he's telling her to move on with her life and forget about him
Who's gonna taste your saltwater kisses...
Kissing her face after she has been crying???
Who's going to tame the heart of thee?
He knows she is carefree and he couldn't keep her tied down so he wonders again, who is going to be the guy that gets her to commit
It's a kind push and pull type of thing, thematically similar to "With Or Without You".
The song is amazing.