At the risk of hijacking the thread, I'll second Kathy's point about liking songs despite their lyrics. Most of the time the words to a song are really important to me, but occasionally I can ignore them or find... shall we say "creative interpretations" that make them okay
. And plenty of songs make no sense when I look at the words. I adore "Kiss From A Rose," for example, but I couldn't tell you what it means to save my life
My brother claims "Love the One You're With" really means "cheat on your wife."
I used to love "Into the Night," the example Kathy quoted, despite how creepy it sounds. And another of my favorites is J Geils' "Centerfold," which is basically about looking at a naked girl in a magazine. In that case I love the song so much that I learned to like the lyrics and just find them funny instead of offensive. The singer starts out all incensed by the idea that the perfect girl he had a crush on in high school is now posing nude in a magazine, but as the song goes on he warms to the idea...
I hope that when this issue's gone
I'll see you when your clothes are on
Take your car, yes, we will
Take your car and drive it
Take it to a motel room
And take 'em off in private!Anyway, "Invisible" doesn't bother me. It's fun to sing along with and I can pretend it's more of a fantasy than a creepy stalker. Of course, there are songs that drive me crazy that other people think are fine. Brian McKnight's "Back at One" used to really upset me. So I guess everyone has their own tolerance levels for that sort of thing?
Kaylle
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Oh, no, I can't deny it... Oh, yeah, I guess I gotta buy it!)
