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So, she says its time she goes
but wanted to be sure I know
she hopes we can be friends
I think yeah, I guess we can say I
but didn't think to ask her why
she blocked her eyes and drew the curtains
with knots I've got yet to untie
(Chorus)
what if I were Romeo in black jeans
what if I was Heathcliff, its no myth
maybe she's just looking for
someone to dance with
See, it was just too soon to tell
and looking for some parallel
can be an endless game
We said goodbye before hello
my secrets she will never know
and if I dig a hole to China
I'll catch the first junk to Soho
(Chorus)
Sometime from now you'll bow to pressure
some things in life you cannot measure by degrees
I'm between the poles and the equator
don't send no private investigator to find me please
'less he speaks Chinese
and can dance like Astaire overseas
(Chorus)
but wanted to be sure I know
she hopes we can be friends
I think yeah, I guess we can say I
but didn't think to ask her why
she blocked her eyes and drew the curtains
with knots I've got yet to untie
(Chorus)
what if I were Romeo in black jeans
what if I was Heathcliff, its no myth
maybe she's just looking for
someone to dance with
See, it was just too soon to tell
and looking for some parallel
can be an endless game
We said goodbye before hello
my secrets she will never know
and if I dig a hole to China
I'll catch the first junk to Soho
(Chorus)
Sometime from now you'll bow to pressure
some things in life you cannot measure by degrees
I'm between the poles and the equator
don't send no private investigator to find me please
'less he speaks Chinese
and can dance like Astaire overseas
(Chorus)
Lyrics submitted by manyamore
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So, she says its time she goes,
but wanted to be sure I know
she hopes we can be friends.
"I think - yeah, I guess we can," say I,
but didn't think to ask her why
she blocked her eyes and drew the curtains,
with knots I've got yet to untie.
That is how I've imagined it, and it's made it clearer for me to understand. Man, I love this song!
she blocked her eyes and drew the curtains,
with knots I've got, yet to untie.
To me this exposes a dichotomy and an unwillingness to move on. When you draw curtains you usually untie the sash. The sash is usually holding the curtains open. In this case, she draws the curtains and ties them closed. Looking at it from an imagery perspective with the two waking from sex as ctowner1 suggests, the physical room they are in is now dark and she has tied the curtains to keep anyone from seeing in. This could symbolize that he believes she is hiding the relationship from the world. Interestingly, he has not decided to untie the curtains and expose the relationship in the state he now finds it. This could be from embarrassment or he is cherishing the knots she has tied as it is the only thing that he has left of her or the relationship.
Amazing piece of modern poetry.
Like Lionel Hutz once said (more or less):
"That's a misprint. It should say, 'Works on commission? No! Money down!'"
Explanations seem right-on, but it isn't that complicated.
She's gorgeous, she's been hurt before, is being hit on by jerks constantly, and now all she wants is someone to dance with.
He, on the other hand, in love with her. He thinks, well, how does she know I'm not some romantic figure like Romeo or Heathcliff?
At the moment, she doesn't and she doesn't care to. All she wants, at the moment...is someone to dance with.
The lyrics in the first verse "I think, yeah I guess we can say I..." I read it as " I think, yeah I guess we can say "I", as in he's trying to come to terms with the fact that He and he alone is the only person wondering why the shutout? Why not see if we COULD become like the great love stories, only better? I also think it's that pivotal moment in a breakup when you realize that there really is no "We" anymore... And you realize that obviously she must not think the same thing you do, otherwise there would be no break up.
And the next part "..but didn't think to ask her why she blocked her eyes and drew the curtains with knots I have yet to untie..." Why didn't he ask her why he was alone in this thought? Why is he the only one who thinks they CAN be together and they CAN be a great love story? He doesn't understand her train of thought and why she's so resistant to something that could be (in his mind) the greatest thing that's happened to them both? What if he WAS Romeo? What if he WAS Heathcliff and true love isn't just a myth? But maybe she just doesn't want to believe, she doesn't want something you have to try at... She just wants fun, and probably no strings... Just someone to dance with.
Anyways, just a thought. ^^
I agree with all the previous commentary (especially the lyrics change from "I" to "hi" in line 4.. It completes the sentiment in a way that "I" does not.