First, here are the lyrics if you're not familiar with the song:
La la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la (2x)
Oh baby baby have you seen Amy tonight?
Is she in the bathroom? Is she smokin' up outside? Oh
Oh baby baby does she take a piece of lime
For the drink that I'ma buy her
Do you know just what she likes? Oh
Oh oh tell me have you seen her
Cuz I'm so-oh oh
I cant get her out of my brain
I just wanna go to the party she gon' go
Can somebody take me home?
Ha ha he he ha ha ho
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to
If you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to
If you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
La la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la (2x)
Amy told me that shes gonna meet me up
I don't know where or when and now they're closing up the club Oh
I've seen her once or twice before she knows my face
But it's hard to see with all the people standing in the way Oh
Oh oh
Tell me have you seen her cause I'm so Oh
I can't get her off of my brain
I just wanna go to the party she gon' go
Can't somebody take me home
Ha ha he he ha ha ho
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to
If you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to
If you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
Oh but can't you see what I see?
Yeah say what you want about me (about me, about me)
So tell me if you see her
(if you knew what she was wearing and what she was like)
Cause I've been waiting here forever
(if you knew if she was going out of line)
Oh baby baby if you seek Amy tonight
Oh baby baby we'll do whatever you like
Oh baby baby baby
Oh baby baby baby
La la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la (2x)
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to
If you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to
If you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me yeah
Love me, hate me
But can't you see what I see?
All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to
If you seek Amy
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
Oh but can't you see what I see?
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to
If you seek Amy
Now, I have two pieces of evidence for why this song does not fall apart in sense-making at the chorus.
1. Historically, many Britney songs don't make all that much sense anyways. What does "hit me baby one more time" really mean? (I mean, we can infer a sexual meaning but no one that I know actually goes around telling people to hit them one more time.) Her songs are usually about some sort of vague relationship/sexual thing without any specific details. The "you" and "I" could be anyone or anything. Examples:
You drive me crazy
I just cant sleep
I'm so excited, I'm in too deep
Oh...crazy, but it feels alright
Baby, thinking of you keeps me up all night
Boys
Sometimes a girl just needs one (you know I need you)
Boys
To love her and to hold (I just want you to touch me)
Boys
When a girl is with one (mm mmm)
Boys
Then she's in control (yeah)
2. The argument that uptight people tend to have against the song is that the chorus doesn't match the verses and is just an excuse to spell out "fuck." Well, actually, if you read the chorus a different way (as, historically, many Britney songs can be read various ways since they are vague) it can make sense. The verses have the speaker searching for the elusive Amy. If you read the chorus as "Love me, hate me/Say what you want about me/But all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to," then it would make sense that people may love or hate the speaker since clearly everyone wants Amy and the speaker is trying to get her. If the sentence ends with everyone "begging to" it simply means they, too, are begging to get a chance with Amy. Then, the next sentence in the chorus would be read as "If you seek Amy/Love me, hate me/But can't you see what I see?/All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to." This makes sense because if you seek Amy, you're jealous of Britney. It's really just a matter of how one decides to split up the sentences of the chorus. Now, obviously "if you seek Amy" was strategically placed to imply "F-U-C-K," but I just wanted to point out that the chorus can make sense.
1 comment:
baby, that song is amazing without it making sense. think of strategically spelling out any other bad word. next to impossible. lyrical genius. Luv U Britney!
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