kinda i want to

kinda i want to

i can't shake this feeling from my head.there's a devil sleeping in my bed.he's watching you from across the way.i cannot make this feeling go away
i know it's not the right thing.and I know it's not the good thing.but kinda i want to
i'm not sure of what i should do.when everything i'm think of is you.all of my excuses turn to lies.maybe God will cover up his eyes
i know it's not the right thing.and I know it's not the good think.but kinda i want to.kinda i want to
maybe just for tonight.we can pretend it's alright.what's the price i pay.i don't care what they say.i want to.i want to(i'll take my chance tonight)

I think this song refers to a sexual relationship, possibly perverted or forbidden, that Trent had but felt guilty about having: "maybe God will cover up his eyes"; but he had the experience anyway: "maybe just for tonight.we can pretend it's alright". There was concern about gossip: "I don't care what they say" (possible Church reaction). This song represents the conflict between sex and religion.
-crystal
wanting sex but feeling guilty. possibly because he wants meaningless sex, possibly because he wants kinky sex, i'm not sure. at any rate, he tries and tries to tell himself this isn't what he wants, this isn't right, he's a good person, he can beat whatever aberrant desire it is out of himself, and not succeeding at doing so. coming to admit that he can't control himself perfectly and be "a good person" all the time, that his desires can and do take control, sometimes.
-alexa
Ugly and uncomfortable as the subject is, this particularly song is from the perspective of a potential rapist. The narrator is obsessing with one particular woman ("every thought I'm thinking of is you"), and probably stalking her (if we consider that he and the "devil sleeping in his bead" are one and the same). He's "watching her from across the way". This obsession has culminated into a potential rape scenario. Although the narrator knows it is wrong ("all of my excuses turn to lies", "I know it's not the right thing", and even recognizing himself as a "devil" when he behaves in such a way), and recognizes the cost of such an immoral and illegal action, he's going to do it anyway, because he wants to so badly.
-Max
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