the only lyrics that are confusing me now are "i can sell the beats/i'm asking for the check/girl with crimsom nails/has jesus round her neck" can anyone elaborate on the meaning here?
Now that I've heard the song about 300 times
I have a slightly different opinion on what is happening in the song.
"Lights go down, it's dark The jungle is your head
Can't rule your heart
A feeling so much stron-ger Than a thought
Your eyes are wide
And though your soul It can't be bought
Your mind can wander"
I totally see this as a man in a club and he's beginning to get swept up into the undertow of passion in a sweaty club. Still he knows that he can't betray what he believes, but his mind wanders into the temptations of what he's not supposed to do.
Hello, hello (¡Hola!)
I'm at a place called Vertigo (¿Dónde está?)
It's everything I wish I didn't know
Except you give me something
I can feel, feel
As he begins to fantasize, he begins to feel dizzy with the lust, and his head doesn't want any part of it, except that he feels the pull.
The night is full of holes
There's bullets ripping sky
Of ink with gold
They twinkle as the boys
Play rock and roll
They know that they can't dance
At least they know
Honestly, I don't understand the bullets reference, but the band references are self-referential and add to the scene of a club that is hopping.
I can't stand the beats
I'm asking for the check
The girl with crimson nails
Has Jesus around her neck
Swinging to the music
Swinging to the music
This same man is at his table watching and feeling the draw of the girls. Either he succumbs to it or he has to flee from it. I picture this guy feeling claustrophobic and wanting to get out of there, but there is this girl and she's right in front of him swinging to the music...
Hello, hello (¡Hola!)
I'm at a place called Vertigo (¿Dónde está?)
It's everything I wish I didn't know
But you give me something
I can feel, feel
And then he's drawn into his fantasies again and he's dizzy with lust even as he fights to remain good. I think the scat singing reveals that he's losing the battle and a frenzy of activity (the guitar part) indicates that he's all inside of his fantasies. Just as he is about to succumb to the situation he hear's the voice...
All of this, all of this can be yours
All of this, all of this can be yours
All this, all of this can be yours
Just give me what I want
And no one gets hurt
The devil is whispering to him, offering him heaven in a pair of long legs.
Hello, hello (¡Hola!)
We're at a place called Vertigo (¿Dónde está?)
Lights go down, and all I know
Is that you give me something
I can feel your love teaching me how
Your love is teaching me how
How to kneel, kneel
Even in the midst of great temptation, he still remembers God. He may sin, but he still remembers God.
Once again, there is a great double entendre in each line. It's a woman, it's God. The woman is God! Who knows? That's why interpretation is so much fun. Many right answers.
Oh, and on the uno, dos, tres, catorce. I think it's definitely the Lillywhite reasoning. U213 is the catalog number for "The Best of 1990 - 2000", ATYCLB was U212 (in Europe)