Is it okay if I say something? That beyonce song as catchy as all get out, but. There is something that stuck in my craw about it perhaps from the first time I heard it: the "it"s. If you like "it" then you should have put a ring on "it". That and the fact that it implies humans (well, women in this case, I suppose) are something that can be "locked down".\
But then I've never been attracted to the idea of marriage, anyway
On the comments for the Eagle Eye Cherry video, someone said that they used to hear it all the time at Christian camp, and that it's clearly about Jesus. Well, I can kind of get it from a last supper angle, with the "tomorrow i'll be gone" and wine references, but over all I think it's too sensuous to be firmly about that, with the "hold me in your arms" things. Unless you are talking specifically about the Jesus/John the apostle relationship.
I see where you're coming from. She's referring specifically to herself with the "it," though, not women in general, so it's unlikely that she meant "it" in a dehumanizing way. I think she meant it in an informal, casual way that didn't mean much. That, or she's wording it the way the guy would, as it's about an ex who's jealous of her being with other guys. Like, I get where you're coming from and I can see why you'd think that, but I don't think that's the way she meant it (intentionally or not).
Quote:
Go on and close the curtains
Cause all we need is candle light
You and me and a bottle of wine
Going to hold you tonight
[...]
There's a log on the fire
And it burns like me for you
Guarantee you they didn't know that song existed. If they're not even going to notice that the song has romantic/sexual undertones (overtones...), they're definitely not going to be listening to their full discography to see if it all matches up as being about religion. Save Tonight was really popular and got a lot of air time, so someone probably just heard it on the radio, paid a little bit of attention and thought "SAVE! LIKE JESUS."
Forgive me if that paragraph came off as anti-religious folk. I have no problem with believers, but as a kid I went to a church where people were very fond of making every clearly not-religious song be about religion and so that's just a pet peeve of mine.
To be fair, I get equally ragey when people misinterpret songs to mean something other than what was intended even when the interpretation is not religious. It's just usually a bit extra "wtf"y with the religious interpretations since they're almost always romantic songs and that just gets awkward.
I had a moment of confusion when I found out Switchfoot is a Christian rock band way back when. I had been listening to one of their albums heavily and then someone mentioned that they're a Christian band and it was like "oh, the cross wasn't a metaphor." So it goes both ways!
Although it was written by Brooks as a love song, the devout Boone interpreted it as inspirational and proclaimed that it was instead God who "lit up her life." This fact was later alluded to when the song appeared in an episode of The Simpsons.
Huh, interesting! Misinterpretation can start quite early on in the song's life.
Another one that gets me is when people hear some rumor that a song is about masturbation or something like that and they just believe it even when they don't hear anything in the lyrics that supports that. So you just passively mention the song and they're like "THASONGZABOUTJACKINIT" as if it were some hidden satanic message or something...
I'll admit I was hesitant at first because Fall Out Boy was totally a band I was into during my emoish phase. But this new song sounds totally different and it's pretty awesome. Every time it comes on the radio while I'm driving I'm soon slamming my hands against the steering wheel, jamming hard.
And since Hummy's posting a lot of Tracy Chapman, here's the other song I've been listening to a lot lately.