Don't Stand So Close To Me

omg. i never read the lyrics to this song; I only knew the chorus. & i just realized what song i've been singing around my p.e teacher ! ekk no wonder he looks at me kinda weird sometimes. hahaha

I also think he wants to save him from himself. Like the man in 'Lolita', he knows if he keeps getting tempted he might not be able to stop himself. Even if he wasn't a teacher he knows it'd still be wrong, so he has to repeat the chorus line over and over and over again, pleading for her to keep away from him, for his own sanity.

It's not about anything that's happened but the tension of desire and waht can't be. Girls at the school where he works fancy him for being youing and handsome and such, so the rumours fly fast when he takes on a protegé [teacher's pet] as they work out of class hours, but although the rumours are unfounded, he finds himself attracted because while she's so young, she's obviously intelligent and interesting. He can;'t show any concern for her because of social politics, and he wishes she'd stop innocently being near him for fear it will make the other girls hurt her and him loose his job.

Just a quick note on Lolita- while it is set in America, Vladamir Nabokov was indeed Russian. The allusion is a bit of a spoiler, but to put is quickly, the narrator loved Lolita from afar for a great deal of their time together, even after consumation as initiated on her part.

I adore this song, for less-than-lovely reasons.

This song is about a fart "Don't stand so close to me"

the lyrics indicate that they both know that it would be wrong for them to be together, but they can't resist the allure of 'forbidden love'

well its really about forbidden fruit, you always want what you can't have. and the more you see it dangling in front of you the more you want. its just pasion

u gotta be in the situation to understand it. Its not fun, i'd imagine.

Like MayorMenley, I relate to it. I fancied one of my teachers for three years, but obviously realised nothing could happen. It's not about a girl being a slut, it's about the pain of forbidden love, and when you're in the situation, it's extremely easy to relate to.

Just listening to it now... I mean, the song is pretty self-explanatory, but just to add to what everyone else has been saying, I don't think the teacher and student have actually DONE anything. It's pretty obvious that they both want each other, and it's actually gotten to the stage where the teacher is crying with frustration. This implies to me that he is holding back, and well, the first verse basically says that the girl wants him...

This is an incredible song, and it obviously hits home with alot of people, myself included.... the verses could almost be the story of my life for the past months. I just hope people will hear this and think about things instead of just pointing the finger and going 'oh he's a pervert, she's a slut'

Things are more complicated than that.

your wrong...only partially though...its da other way around...