I'm sure Paolo has spoken about this song on the radio here in Scotland.
As I understand it the song is about the difficulty in knowing the difference between love and lust.
Many of us (especially when we're young) mistakenly fall in 'lust' thinking we have fallen in love.
If it's lust it doesn't last, whereas love really is forever.
Unfortunately it often happens that one person in the relationship is 'in love' and the other is in lust. For the person who is in love it is painful beyond words to experience such a situation. Each passing day they are bewildered as they notice the other person is inexplicably pulling away from them. In 'Candy' Paolo sings about a man who finds himself in such a situation, and he uses the word 'candy' to try and explain that 'feeling' experienced during the early part of a relationship. The 'feeling' he is talking about is the utter joy they had before, and which he now fears he is losing, and he yearns for it to return. That is why he begs once more for 'candy'.
It's a sore learning Paolo, but you're the better for it. The hurt will heal, and you will know by now that it really is better to have loved and lost than not to have loved at all.
God bless ye wee man.
I'm sure Paolo has spoken about this song on the radio here in Scotland. As I understand it the song is about the difficulty in knowing the difference between love and lust. Many of us (especially when we're young) mistakenly fall in 'lust' thinking we have fallen in love. If it's lust it doesn't last, whereas love really is forever. Unfortunately it often happens that one person in the relationship is 'in love' and the other is in lust. For the person who is in love it is painful beyond words to experience such a situation. Each passing day they are bewildered as they notice the other person is inexplicably pulling away from them. In 'Candy' Paolo sings about a man who finds himself in such a situation, and he uses the word 'candy' to try and explain that 'feeling' experienced during the early part of a relationship. The 'feeling' he is talking about is the utter joy they had before, and which he now fears he is losing, and he yearns for it to return. That is why he begs once more for 'candy'.
It's a sore learning Paolo, but you're the better for it. The hurt will heal, and you will know by now that it really is better to have loved and lost than not to have loved at all. God bless ye wee man.