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I want love, but it's impossible
A man like me, so irresponsible
A man like me is dead in places
Other men feel liberated
I can't love, shot full of holes
Don't feel nothing, I just feel cold
Don't feel nothing, just old scars
Toughening up around my heart
But I want love, just a different kind
I want love, won't break me down
Won't brick me up, won't fence me in
I want a love, that don't mean a thing
That's the love I want, I want love
I want love on my own terms
After everything I've ever learned
Me, I carry too much baggage
Oh man I've seen so much traffic
But I want love, just a different kind
I want love, won't break me down
Won't brick me up, won't fence me in
I want a love, that don't mean a thing
That's the love I want, I want love
So bring it on, I've been bruised
Don't give me love that's clean and smooth
I'm ready for the rougher stuff
No sweet romance, I've had enough
A man like me is dead in places
Other men feel liberated
But I want love, just a different kind
I want love, won't break me down
Won't brick me up, won't fence me in
I want a love, that don't mean a thing
That's the love I want, I want love
I want love, just a different kind
I want love, won't break me down
Won't brick me up, won't fence me in
I want a love, that don't mean a thing
That's the love I want, I want love
A man like me, so irresponsible
A man like me is dead in places
Other men feel liberated
I can't love, shot full of holes
Don't feel nothing, I just feel cold
Don't feel nothing, just old scars
Toughening up around my heart
But I want love, just a different kind
I want love, won't break me down
Won't brick me up, won't fence me in
I want a love, that don't mean a thing
That's the love I want, I want love
I want love on my own terms
After everything I've ever learned
Me, I carry too much baggage
Oh man I've seen so much traffic
But I want love, just a different kind
I want love, won't break me down
Won't brick me up, won't fence me in
I want a love, that don't mean a thing
That's the love I want, I want love
So bring it on, I've been bruised
Don't give me love that's clean and smooth
I'm ready for the rougher stuff
No sweet romance, I've had enough
A man like me is dead in places
Other men feel liberated
But I want love, just a different kind
I want love, won't break me down
Won't brick me up, won't fence me in
I want a love, that don't mean a thing
That's the love I want, I want love
I want love, just a different kind
I want love, won't break me down
Won't brick me up, won't fence me in
I want a love, that don't mean a thing
That's the love I want, I want love
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I want love, won't break me down, won't brick me up, won't fence me in. -He wants love, but not the commitment that generally goes with it. Commitment leads to dishonest appeasement of your partner.
He wants to love, but he doesn't want to set himself up for heartbreak. He's warning his new partner that he's not going to put his full effort into the relationship because of his disposition.
I want love, but it's impossible. -I'm too scared to love fully and completely
A man like me, so irresponsible. -My lack of effort in the relationship should be understood
A man like me, is dead in places,
Other men, feel liberated. -He no longer has that idealistic view of love, he's learned not to take it too seriously.
Do things for your partner because you love them, not because you're in love.
To the people who think this song is about being gay: grow up. We all know Elton's gay, if your only point in
commenting is to find a way to bring that up, find a more constructive hobby. The theme is so universal, it
transcends all that, anyway. I agree Boccalatti whole heartedly- I think it's about someone who is obviously
at heart very sensitive- and has been through the trenches, emotionally. This has left them- both scarred
and emotionally closed off, but also yearning-deeply- for something more real and lasting. He's a realist
in that he knows perfect love doesnt exist, and he knows how badly he's been hurt and the flaws that's left him
with. But at the same time- he can't completely give up the fight- and he's ready for something honest,
imperfect, flawed, devstatingly painful, if need be. And he's quite a paradox- both jaded and hardened,
but still searching, still believing it's out there.
I also think it could be that they've been so hurt before that they want a simple, unrestrictive love.
Robert Downey is absolutely perfect for this video. I love the expression in the 1st part where he "sings" about being irresponsible. They let him out of rehab for the day to shoot this. He's gorgeous. *melt*
He is worn and beaten, and so is blunt as to what he expects. He might want us to believe he's been through so much that he has nothing to lose, but I think in just uttering all that he does, he is more vulnerable than he lets on. In the end, he wants a love that itself is blunt, real, raw, catastrophic, with feeling, it matters not, just so long as it is honest.
Cheers to a great song and a lovely video.