What Prince lyrics confounded you that you had to find out what they meant?

i'm not sayin' this just to be nasty, i sincerely wanna fuck the taste out of your mouth!

purplepolitician said:

OK. Now please answer the question

I wonder you.

starfish and coffee,wots that all about??

I'm on the verge of rape
I don't think U heard me (Ooh ooh!)
I'm on the verge of rape
I'm on the..

I'm sorry, but I'm just gonna have 2 rape U
Now are U going 2 get into the tub or do I have 2 drag U?
Don't make me drag U
I can be very cruel
Yeah!

WTF?

Sun has risen, moon is gone,
Soda Fizzin' on the lawn,
Come a butterfly straight on your skin!


And "HUNDULASILLIAH!"

Lyrics that make we wonder?

This is Prince we're talking about, right?

I do understand about 90% of what he's talking about.

However...

There are still far too many to count, my friend. And if I started now, you'd have to bound & gag me to stop, haha.

I understand a lot.
But A LOT of lyrics still make me wonder. That's part of why Prince is the man!

"Shortberry Strawcake"?

The best words ever!

I wonder what Prince means when He sings that we have 9 lives and He only has one.

Tame said:

Because he's the Dog, and you Hun, are the Cat that he wants!!!!

I used to think that a lyric in Play in the Sunshine was....

"We're gonna love all our enemies, until the mirror falls off the wall!"...

justified to myself with the thought that you can be your own worst enemy, and the mirror represents both reflecting who you are and learning to love what you see!!!

When I discovered it was actually "until the guerillas fall off the wall!" I wasn't too sure of anything anymore!

Lyrics that made you wonder ... if a song or two were about me ...

mplsmike said:

which song are those the lyrics to?

Whitnail said:

KidaDynamite said:

Cheers, I thought it was that one, I will have to give it another listen later, as I dont remember hearing these lyrics on it

it's just fun ..nothing etheral .. dictionary

I am 100% "wtf?" on that "Animals strike curious poses" bit in When Doves Cry. I get the lines around it...but that...

Flowerz said:

Trolly cars are known to run around with a lot of people

"Lets look for the purple banana till they put us in the truck"



Those are the lyrics, right?

I don't understand just about every lyric in "Good Love" but still think the song rocks hard!

aubergine said:

Could be possible.

wildgoldenhoney said:

That is such a cool response!!!

mentalist said:

ahhh. That makes sense 2 me now... I realize the association with cats having 9 lives...but I thought the song was in reference to reincarnation, really.

ToraToraDreams said:

Really? I think that line is classic for Prince and the way that He knows, that sexuality is an animalistic thing, and it's only love that makes making love a spiritual union between two people...
"Animals strike curious poses....they feel the heat....the heat between me and u."

mentalist said:

The first and the last line make sense. In fact, the last line may be the most graphic thing he ever slipped by the radio censors.

But the middle line, yeah, it makes no sense to me. It makes me wonder if the original line was about somebody "pissing on the lawn" and he changed it to make it more agreeable.

mentalist said:

I like your interpretation of "the mirror falls off the wall"

I think with the whole line "We're gonna love all our enemies til the guerillas fall off the wall" (my opinion) makes reference to war torn countries with military presence guerrillas ( meant to try and overthrough the government of that country), not gorillas (the animal) Because if the Guerrillas fall, there is peace in that country.

Efan said:

I thought the whole thing was about a couple gettin down outside like at a picnic and in the heat of passion someone knocked over a grape(always thought grape soda) can, then the eruption and the butterfly on the skin.

So open to different interpretations

DANGEROUSx said:

I think looking for the purple banana could be a sexual thing where you are just sexing so crazy so much they have to put you away, OR you are walking around looking for a purple banana and they put you away I think the first one makes since in princes world, his purple banana and all