yeah i think its about like, loving the wrong woman. The Queen of Diamonds is like, the woman who uses the man for money but the queen of hearts is the woman who truly loves the man. But the desperado is in love with the woman of diamonds. Sad song, but its great
Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 Hell Freezes Over Selected Works: 1972-1999 Greatest Hits [Import] The Very Best of the Eagles [1994] The Very Best of the Eagles [2001] The Very Best Of [2003] Hotel California/Desperado Desperado/Hotel California/The Long Run Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) [Remastered] The Complete Greatest Hits [Warner] The Best of the Eagles [Asylum] The Very Best Of [2007] Hell Freezes Over [DTS] The Legend of Eagles Tapestries: The Music of the Eagles Live Eagles/Desperado Eagles [Box Set] Eagles [Box Set] Desperado
It's funny that everyone looks at this song (well, most people)as a song about a relationship. I don't think it necessarily has to be about a relationship but rather I see it as a comment on a person's general attitude towards life. Like one friend talking to another or an older person to a younger, giving them their observations about that person's behavior. The friend is trying to warn the person that if you live your life "on the fence", never committing to anything - whether that's a relationship, a family, a job, etc - you will never know true joy. While you may shield yourself from pain, by not getting 'involved', you are also not allowing yourself to experience happiness. In order to know happiness, you have to know pain ("you're losing all your highs and lows, ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?"). That is the result of a life lived with no strings attached. And how free are you really? You aren't - you think you are, but you're actually a prisoner of your own making. You built the walls, put up the cage, and threw away the key. So that's why at the end he says freedom is just some people talkin and that you should come down from your fence and open the gate. Get into life - live it. I could learn a thing or two from my own words here. I guess that's why I like the song.
yeah i think its about like, loving the wrong woman. The Queen of Diamonds is like, the woman who uses the man for money but the queen of hearts is the woman who truly loves the man. But the desperado is in love with the woman of diamonds. Sad song, but its great