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I don't want to hold you and feel so helpless,
I don't want to smell you and lose my senses,
And smile in slow motion with eyes in love
I twist like a corkscrew, the sweetness rising
I drink from the bottle weeping
Why won't you last?
Why can't you last?
So I will walk without care, beat my snare,
Look like a man who means business
Go to all the poshest places with the familiar faces
Terminate all sings of weakness
Oh, all for the sake, all for the sake of a foolish love
I will take my coffee black, never snack,
Hang with the wolves who are sheepish
Flow through the veins of town, always frown,
Me and my mistress the princess
Oh, all for the sake, all for the sake of a foolish love, yeah yeah
So the day Noah's Ark floats down Park, my eyes will be simply glazed over
Or better yet I'll wear shades on sunless days,
And when the sun's out, I'll stay in and slumber
Oh, all for the sake, all for the sake of a foolish love
For the sake, all for the sake of a foolish love
'Cause, I don't want to hold you and feel so helpless,
I don't want to smell you and lose my senses,
And smile in slow motion with eyes in love |
- "hang with the wolves who are sheepish" - reference to one of Ęsop's fables, The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, where a wolf had a strategy of wearing the skin of a sheep to prey on other sheep (but was later killed after being mistaken as a sheep)
- Noah's Ark - Noah's Ark, according to the Book of Genesis (chapters 6-9), is the story of a large vessel built at God's command to save Noah, his family, and stock of all the world's animals from a massive flood; God instructed that the ark be 300 cubits (450 feet/137 m) long, 50 cubits (75 feet/23 m) wide, and 30 cubits (45 feet/14 m) high
- "Park" - refers to Park Avenue in Manhattan, NYC (formerly Fourth Avenue)
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- "It's about the type of person you fall in love with who, when you take one look at him, you know it will end tragically. You know you can never really have him, but its what you've always wanted - impossible love. It's rather up-tempo and happy-sounding but still sad. I remember writing it almost like a mantra, saying to myself, 'lighten up and trudge on.' That's all you can do. Get out with class, the way Cole Porter would."
- The demo version from a 1995 DreamWorks tape is also in circulation
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