The Baby Face Mystery

[Mr_Phes]

In Baby Face, the lyrics first line of the third verse go:

"Comin' home late at night to turn you on"

But when I listen to it, I hear a secondary voice singing:

"to turn you over"

What's the deal with that?

This song is about a women right? But is it also about a small child too?

Or am I hearing things and seeing things that aren't there?

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

It's about... TV! Seriously.

 

[Discoteque]

it's about seeing model's faces in magazines...was written about Naomi and Christy Turlington who were in U2's orbit back during Pop (Adam was dating Naomi, etc)...

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

Or seeing models on TV...

 

[SkeeK]

masturbation

 

[Salome]

aliens

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Salome
Shake it, shake it, shake it

 

[zooropamanda]

i thought it was about our fave poet in DOL...

naomi who?

 

[U2girl]

Originally posted by Mr_Phes:
In Baby Face, the lyrics first line of the third verse go:

"Comin' home late at night to turn you on"

But when I listen to it, I hear a secondary voice singing:

"to turn you over"

What's the deal with that?

This song is about a women right? But is it also about a small child too?

Or am I hearing things and seeing things that aren't there?

I hear that too. To me, it's talking about a relationship between a man and a young girl-"babyface". (you know, Lolita kind of thing)
Perhaps, in a way, the man realizes she's basically a child (turn you over), and yet he's attracted to her (turn you on).



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