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Nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby, you're the best
I wasn't lookin' but somehow you found me
It tried to hide from your love light
But like heaven above me
The spy who loved me
Is keepin' all my secrets safe tonight
And nobody does it better
Though sometimes I wish someone could
Nobody does it quite the way you do
Why'd you have to be so good?
The way that you hold me
Whenever you hold me
There's some kind of magic inside you
That keeps me from runnin'
But just keep it comin'
How'd you learn to do the things you do?
Oh, and nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby, baby, darlin', you're the best
Baby you're the best
Darlin', you're the best
Baby you're the best
Oh, oh, oh
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby, you're the best
I wasn't lookin' but somehow you found me
It tried to hide from your love light
But like heaven above me
The spy who loved me
Is keepin' all my secrets safe tonight
And nobody does it better
Though sometimes I wish someone could
Nobody does it quite the way you do
Why'd you have to be so good?
The way that you hold me
Whenever you hold me
There's some kind of magic inside you
That keeps me from runnin'
But just keep it comin'
How'd you learn to do the things you do?
Oh, and nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby, baby, darlin', you're the best
Baby you're the best
Darlin', you're the best
Baby you're the best
Oh, oh, oh
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It's a woman (perhaps the character -Triple XXX- in the movie) singing about James Bond how stunning and fantastic he is.
***Nobody does it better***
People who claim this song would be about masturbation are definitely on acid...
And also, there's that line, "how'd you learn to do the things you do?" I doubt the singer is referring to herself.
Furthermore, this song was written for a James Bond movie. Bond is the guy that this song is about, and nobody does "it" better than him.
I think it's a beautiful song :]
Sometimes I wish someone would (wishes there was someone that could please her better than herself)
Why would you be so happy (apparently) with a real lover and then wish someone would be better? I is either self-love (emotionally at least) or the fantasies of a promiscuous person who wants or needs multiple sex partners that can keep her "in tune".
I shouls also say that as someone who was a very young adult at the taill end of the age of promiscuous behavior framed by the post-war baby boomers and the revelation that sexually transmitted diseases are more than “inconvenient” (AIDS and related serious medical consequences) I had several opportunites to have what most men consider the ultimate situation and to be honest, sex without genuine love and affection gets old pretty fast. I suppose this explains why serial sex partners never satisfy one another. Likewise, masturbation would get old after the hormones stabilize. I think the factors that lead to this are fantasy of a future “ultimate” partner, and also be elevated hormones. Once you realize that there are no ideal people no matter how physically attractive they are, the fantasies (that are in part due to expectations and hopes of future partners).
For all of those reasons, I think that song does not make sense as “self love” motivated but that one line does need to be explained if this is supposedly a reference to a sole-mate partner. The last possibility is that the song was written for the film, and that she is totally in love with a spy and she wishes someone more accessible would offer her a better set of circumstances. The more I think about it, the more sense that last theory makes to me
The song is written from the perspective of one of Bond's many lovers.
"Sometimes I wish someone would" is sort of an empty plea for someone more stable to come along, but ultimately her attraction to Bond is too strong ("keeps me from running").
Nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest (rest meaning exes who just could not please her)
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby you're the best
I wasn't looking but somehow you found me (she did not plan or want herself to be her best lover but it ended up that way)
I tried to hide from your love light (she tried to deny the fact or refrain from pleasing herself but could not resist)
But like heaven above me, the spy who loved me
Is keeping all my secrets safe tonight
(no one knows that she is pleasing herself)
And nobody does it better
Sometimes I wish someone would (wishes there was someone that could please her better than herself)
Nobody does it half as good as you
Why'd you have to be so good
The way that you hold me, whenever you hold me (notice the repeated emphasis on "hold me")
There's some kind of magic inside you
That keeps me from running, but just keep it coming (masturbating keeps her from going out and hooking up)
How'd you learn to do the things you do