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You dress me up, I'm your puppet
You buy me things, I love it
You bring me food, I need it
You give me love, I feed it
And look at the two of us in sympathy
With everything we see
I never want anything, it's easy
You buy whatever I need
But look at my hopes, look at my dreams
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
You phone me in the evening on hearsay
And bought me caviar
You took me to a restaurant off Broadway
To tell me who you are
We never-ever argue, we never calculate
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
I'm your puppet
I love it
And look at the two of us in sympathy
And sometimes ecstasy
Words mean so little, and money less
When you're lying next to me
But look at my hopes, look at my dreams
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
Look at my hopes, look at my dreams
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
Look at my hopes, look at my dreams
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent (It's easy, it's so easy)
You pay my rent (It's easy, it's so easy)
You pay my rent (It's easy, it's so easy)
I love you (It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
You buy me things, I love it
You bring me food, I need it
You give me love, I feed it
And look at the two of us in sympathy
With everything we see
I never want anything, it's easy
You buy whatever I need
But look at my hopes, look at my dreams
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
You phone me in the evening on hearsay
And bought me caviar
You took me to a restaurant off Broadway
To tell me who you are
We never-ever argue, we never calculate
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
I'm your puppet
I love it
And look at the two of us in sympathy
And sometimes ecstasy
Words mean so little, and money less
When you're lying next to me
But look at my hopes, look at my dreams
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
Look at my hopes, look at my dreams
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
Look at my hopes, look at my dreams
The currency we've spent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent
I love you, you pay my rent (It's easy, it's so easy)
You pay my rent (It's easy, it's so easy)
You pay my rent (It's easy, it's so easy)
I love you (It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
(It's easy, it's so easy)
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Your mother or father spoils you to the point where you don't have to worry about yourself. They feel that that's how to be a good parent. They know they can't be around forever, so they give all that they can while they still can, to prove that they love you, so that nobody, including you and themselves, can turn around and accuse them of not loving or taking care of you. And as their child, you get everything you want and need (ie, they pay your rent and buy you everything in the world) - except the freedom and ability to learn how to take care of yourself and others. It's something you inevitably realize as you grow up and watch your parents grow older and frailer. The worst part is that you have no clue how to take care of them, since you never even had to learn to take care of yourself, much less your parents.
This is sung from the viewpoint of a dude who has a sugardaddy.
RedOctober, it could be about all kinds of relationships. On the other hand, it's not overfocusing on the sexuality of the singers to observe that "rent boy" is a specific term for a male prostitute with male clients, and the composer definitely knew that.
This sentence concerns "the two of us". So both people do not care about money during these moments. If one of them is a rent boy, especially at such moments it is the money that is important.
That does not fit....
I have always considered that the real irony of the song (if that's the proper usage of irony) is that the rentboy does indeed love the man who pays his rent . . . who also may be married, with family.
Note that the song doesn't say explicitly "I love you BECAUSE you pay my rent." It simply says, "I love you. You pay my rent." The two aren't necessarily related, just a statement of fact.
I've just always interpreted that the rent boy tries to convince himself it's just about money, but I imagine it takes an emotional toll. I don't know for sure, but I can't imagine you could build your life (however shaky it may be) around someone whom you have no feelings for, even if they paid you to.
So I see this lines as being the one time the rent boy "breaks the mask" and admits there is something more going on. He feels more than he would like to admit.
It could be about anyone who isn't exactly contributing much to a relationship they have become very disillusioned with, but they stick around for the easy ride.
In addition, to me the song implies that the relationship is emotionally one-sided ( "you give me love" not "you love me"), with the kept lover really wanting more of an intimate companionship (note that "when you're lying next to me" is not having sex), but they are trapped in the easy life of their limited relationship.
Oh, and Ryan? Purposefully singing along less enthusiastically just makes you look insecure about yr masculinity. You should be singing along twice as enthusiastically.
the clear implication here is homosexuality, most obviously rent boys.
On recent tour performances Neil sings "You pay my rents" with an s on the end. Not sure why.