Or maybe you still love it, but now you have a different perspective.

  • ɔiƚoxɘup
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    102 months ago

    Sting. Every step you take. It’s actually angry and malicious. There’s an interview with Sting saying something to that effect.

    • @nshibj
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      82 months ago

      Do you maybe mean “Every Breath You Take” by The Police? That’s a common answer to this kind of question. A lot of people think of it as cute and romantic at first, but the song really talk about the Big Brother (from George Orwell’s 1984): a state of constant surveillance watching “every breath you take, every move you make”.

      • @[email protected]
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        62 months ago

        I have no idea how anyone who’s even vaguely tuned into that song thinks it’s romantic.

        • @RizzRustbolt
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          22 months ago

          Heck, there a folks out there that still insist that “The Boys of Summer” is about baseball.

        • @ShortFuse
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          Since you’ve gone, I’ve been lost without a trace
          I dream at night, I can only see your face
          I look around, but it’s you I can’t replace
          I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace
          I keep crying, baby, baby please
          Oh, can’t you see
          You belong to me?
          How my poor heart aches
          With every step you take?

          I understand the full lyrics, but most songs generally default to romanticism. If you’re not paying attention it’s easy to misinterpret.

          • @[email protected]
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            12 months ago

            If you’re not paying attention, you hear the “I’m watching you” part, which is creepy as fuck.

      • ɔiƚoxɘup
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        12 months ago

        Yes that’s the one I’m talking about. I could have sworn I heard an interview about him talking about how it’s about someone stalking a former lover. Memory is weird that way. You’re interpretation is probably the one I’m going to go with from now on though I like that more.

        • @nshibj
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          I could see it being a bit of both. Lyrics are often inspired by something and describing something else. In this case, someone stalking a former lover could be seen as “going full 1984’s Big Brother” on them… and it makes sense with the whole romantic mood that the song has: the stalker sees themself as romantic and sings it that way, but when you look closer you realise it’s actually very creepy.