Discuss Amongst Yourselves
I’m working on a post with pictures from our weekend in Rhode Island, but things are very slow. So in the meantime here’s a little something for you. There’s no video to be found for this song, but listen and read the words and then riddle me this:
Is he gay?
Wait- is that a GUY singing??
No! LOL But the song is about a guy who stayed in a different room on his wedding night. Hello!?!? What’s up with that???
That has been a question in my head for a long time….. so when you asked the question, I went looking on the Internet (wonderful thing!). I found this posted: The debate about the lyric is easily resolved by the verse and bridge which were excised from the 45 version (but appears in full on Payne’s Unhooked Generation best-of), viz.:“Now that you’ve gone, all that’s left is a band of goldAll that’s left of the dreams I hold is a band of goldAnd the memory of our wedding dayAnd the night I turned you away” and:“Each night I lie awake and I tell myselfThe vows we made gave you the right to have a love each night.”
Stupid girl (the bride, not you, Terri. lol)But when they took that part out they completely changed the apparent meaning. So if it were a contract they would be responsible for the apparent meaning and not the intended meaning.So I still think it means he’s gay.
LOL! Yeah after I posted it I realized what you meant! Yep GAY!
Ha. That’s funny.But I don’t get the part where he took her from a mother she’d never known…seems like someone was throwing meaningless words together so they rhyme.What’s with the Chipumnks singing at the end of this video???
Okay, I don’t know if he’s gay or not (not that there’s anything WRONG with that!), but THIS I do know: spelling was not her best subject in school. Sorry…I just notice things like that. 😉
Gay? Or impotent????”…and love me, like you tried before…”Hmmm.
Monnik – The problem is lack of punctuation. I think it should be You took me from the shelter of a mother — I had never known to love any otherKatybug – I noticed her bad spelling, too! lolShauna – Yeah!!! teehee
Wow I must have listened and sang along to this a hundred times and never caught on…duh! I’m with you Jenster. Leave out the lyrics and the dude is gay.
Well, he could be terribly shy and distant. But yes. I think he’s probably gay. Interesting lyrics.
Gay. Very gay.
Rosie – I have this song on my iPod. lolDD – I suppose anything’s possible.Slackermommy – LOL!
While the sleeping in separate rooms on their wedding night did strike me as odd…I was a little more concerned with the “you took me from the shelter of a mother I had never known” part.Kind of sounded like he was he robbing the cradle, literally!
Isn’t it funny how you’ll hear a song for years and not really ‘hear’ it? Gay. Maybe a cradle robber. I mean, wow, that’s a lot to pack into one song ;)CindyS