can't be held responsible, she was touching her face, can't be held responsible, she fell in love in the first place--always thought it sounded stupid, is it somehow significant?
2007-03-18 16:58:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In 2001, Brian Vander Ark explained what the song means to him:
WHEN I WAS YOUNG I KNEW EVERYTHING. We all think we know everything at a young age. I thought I did. I realize I didn't know sh*t until i was 36. AND SHE, A PUNK, WHO RARELY TOOK ADVICE. How many people do we know like that? NOW I'M GUILT STRICKEN, SOBBING, WITH MY HEAD ON THE FLOOR. Something happened, that caused this reaction, but I wouldn't want to give that away this early in the song, so let's through in an some ambiguity: STOP A BABY'S BREATH, AND A SHOE FULL OF RICE, NO. First of all, forget the NO. Stop a baby's breath is just that. Abort the baby. A shoe full of rice is a result of a wedding. So - stop a baby's breath AND then you stop a wedding. She's pregnant, get her to abort, and then there's no wedding. And you know what? I CAN'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE, CAUSE SHE WAS TOUCHING HER FACE. When I wrote this song, The Divinyls had a song out called I touch myself. The TV was on, she was touching her face in the video. Very sexy. So, I can't be held responsible because she was trying to be sexy, trying to seduce me, etc. I WON'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE, SHE FELL IN LOVE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I didn't tell her to fall in love. FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT MADE US THINK THAT WE WERE WISE, AND WE'D NEVER COMPROMISE. What was i thinking back then. Who am I to put a girl though that? Why was I unable to compromise? Guilty feelings. FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CANNOT BELIEVE WE'D EVER DIE FOR THESE SINS, WE WERE MERELY FRESHMEN. We were just kids, let it go, we all make mistakes, etc. MY BEST FRIEND TOOK A WEEKS VACATION TO FORGET HER. He needed to get away because of what happened. HIS GIRL TOOK A WEEK'S WORTH OF VALIUM AND SLEPT. This is why this song is not that strong literally - it's confusing. HIS girl is MY girl. the same girl that had the abortion has now killed herself. NOW HE'S GUILT-STRICKEN SOBBING WITH HIS HEAD ON THE FLOOR, THINKS ABOUT HER NOW AND HOW HE NEVER REALLY WEPT HE SAYS. He has the same guilty feelings that I do about the abortion and death. WE TRIED TO WASH OUR HANDS OF ALL OF THIS, WE NEVER TALK OF OUR LACKING RELATIONSHIPS. We rarely spoke after the incident - we just tried to forget it. We never spoke of her or the fact that we can't have a decent relationship with anyone since then. WE FELL THROUGH THE ICE WHEN WE TRIED NOT TO SLIP. No matter how careful you might be, there are other perils out there.
The girl is real, the abortion is real. the death is not. it's poetic license--to make the story more interesting.
2007-03-18 17:21:18 · answer #1 · answered by Peggy Pirate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does this have to do w/ religion? But since we are on the subject of this song, I always liked it...never gave much thought to WHY it said "she was touching her face"...just like any other song..it certainly has a meaning to those who wrote it as well as those who listen to it..but we all interpret it in our own ways.
2007-03-18 17:06:17 · answer #2 · answered by Jenblossom 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Open-ended, in a way. Purposefully left for each to come to their own conclusion?
Who knows.....I'd have to read all the lyrics to really give you an answer. I do know the song, but not by heart.
2007-03-18 17:03:25 · answer #3 · answered by KJ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its a reference to the song "i touch myself." in the music video for that song, the girl in it is touching her face to be sexy. so the guy in the freshman song is saying he can't be held responsible for the events in the song because the girl he is singing about was trying to seduce him.
2007-03-18 17:04:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've heard that on the radio a few times lately and wondered. Maybe they were lesbians? Maybe she was with her when she died or found her dead and touched her then started screaming? I dunno. The whole song is weird and everytime it comes on it get stuck in my head.
Btw, thanks for bringing it up again. Hold on a sec while I go bang my head on the wall to dislodge it.....
2007-03-18 17:04:13 · answer #5 · answered by Jensenfan 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It fits beautifully with the song.
I like the beginning when it says, "When I was young I knew everything". It's so true how we think we know everything when were young.
2007-03-18 17:03:29 · answer #6 · answered by mrfame1017 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just looked up the lyrics. They're all stupid. I used to like that song too. Thanks Hayden
2007-03-18 17:04:59 · answer #7 · answered by Rosalind S 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
This question should be in the music category.
2007-03-18 17:01:49 · answer #8 · answered by Angelz 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋