It could be said four of the five are playing the part of theatrical chorus here.īut since we’re still on the subject of all the things they don’t give a hoot about, let’s unpack that a bit more. And echo is an effective use of chorus which, here we go again, hearkens back to the Greek.
It also exemplifies the symmetry inherent in musical composition. In this instance they are employing a sort of elongated (bastardized) combination of diacope and epistrophe. We covered repetition in the NSync analysis but to recap, there are ten distinct types of repetition. It’s so damn deep I feel stoned.Īs long as you love me (as long as you love me) But love isn’t enough and it might show so they’re hiding it and pretending that the secret they’re hiding is that they don’t care. They want you to believe that they remain uncaring about your entire history because love is enough. They do care, they just don’t want you to know that they do.
They profess that they don’t care but their eyes betray them. They’re trying to hide the fact that they care what you did. I don't care, as long as you love me, baby I've tried to hide it so that no one knows Though they’ve apparently managed to shrug it off here. None can say anything for certain, not without the shadow of doubt darkening their hearts. It recalls John Patrick Shanley’s play ‘Doubt: A Parable’ wherein the strongest convictions are shaken when absolutes are demanded. They’re saying they don’t care about anything except love but there’s a modicum of doubt underlying the ardent professions of devotion. Backstreet, be more subtle! Instead, can we talk about that last line? ‘I don’t know’. Let’s leave the reference to the myth of Narcissus and Echo out of discussion because it’s too obvious. It could have gone any number of less distressing directions: ‘near the sun’, ‘thirty-one’, ‘lots of fun’, etc. But on the other hand I feel as though rhyming with ‘done’ didn’t have to immediately turn to ‘on the run’. The A-Team could find love with the Backstreet Boys, apparently. On the one hand it’s nice that trouble with the law isn’t a dealbreaker for them. They’ve been dealt the raw hand of savage truth before.ĭoesn't really matter if you're on the run The words you say can resonate deep inside a person, settling into the very fabric of who they are. This speaks to how words can cut like a knife. Collectively or, presumably, individually.Įvery little thing that you have said and done They don’t give a good goddamn as long as you love them. Be you man, woman, dead, alive, assassin, drifter, invertebrate. About one or all of those rather important things. Edward Cullen never made it past puberty.īut maybe you should care. Stephenie Meyer is a Backstreet Boys fan. Two things immediately become evident when faced with these facts. But Backstreet couldn’t possibly have foreseen this horrible future so we must assume they mean this literally, as a sort of romantic compliment describing the depth of their love. All night, every night, standing in the corner of her room watching her sleep. All one hundred sparkly brooding years of it. She doesn’t care what’s written in his history. This is very Twilight-esque though Backstreet notably pre-dates Twilight.
Perhaps they’re so crazy that they’re going to risk their sight by masturbating? We need clarification.Īnd how you got me blind is still a mysteryĭon't care what is written in your history See also: sitting too close to the television and masturbation. Because everyone knows staring straight at a solar eclipse will destroy your eyesight. So faced with the accusation of being crazy and blind, caution is being thrown to the wind and their sight will be risked in a single glance. Also: (adv) without being able to see clearly. Hopefully further exploration will shed some light on things.īlind: (adj) unable to see sightless. Are these two things related? Loneliness being friendly and leaving life in somebody else’s hands? If you’re that cozy with loneliness how is there anybody else around to leave your life with? I feel like this is so layered already and because it’s the opener I’m not properly prepped for the depth. (Get your minds out of the gutter.)Įxperiment: Is it possible to analyze Backstreet Boys lyrics while listening to Marilyn Manson?Īlthough loneliness has always been a friend of mine
How does it get there? What does it mean? We're going down the rabbithole together to get to the creamy centre of this song. There are deep and delicious secrets lurking in this song, I can feel it.
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