Ok, let's do something constructive here. I think that I have a pretty good idea of what Circle of Amour is about. What do you guys think? Analyze!



Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle
Best friends as far as I could tell
Chearleaders except 4 Denise
She was the wild one
She was the beast
She was the one who named the group
The original gang of 4
Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle
Circle Of Amore

10th grade Central in September
That was a year I remember
On this chilly cold afternoon
I overheard the gang in the locker room
Rendezvous, Mary's house
Dirty words and wine
Needless 2 say they all spend the day
Just counting time, counting time
Halfway through her history class
Denise she kindly raised her hand and asked
If she could be excused ("Can I be excused?")
Then she ran from school (ran from school) in a hurry,
The other girls, ooh they knew
This is what friends are really 4
Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle
Circle Of Amore

Circle of amore

Imagination showed a window (imagination)
On a cold September day (ooh)
Leaves are brown (brown), passion sounds (ooh)
Memory self astray
4 hands in the place where the feet connect
(Gang of 4)
Circle of sex
In the vicious race 2 maturity
They're almost phased from ecstasy
Sweat upon the necks of dames
Loser in the circle game
Cause memorie's R worth so much more (so much more)
Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle
Circle Of Amore

(Ooh)
Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle
Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle
Circle Of Amore

Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle
Mary, Claire, Denise and Belle
Circle Of Amore
Circle Of Amore

The only thing I haven't figured out yet is why Denise "ran from school in a hurry". Anyone?

To get four hands in the place where her feet connect, of course.

Number23 said:

OMG

Maybe its about multiple fisting orgies? I'd never really analysed the lyrics before!

NEVER HEARD OF THIS SONG, WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

nesseone said:

The Truth

sounds like a daisy chain, perhaps...?

Damn genius lyrics to be sure. Miss him this creative.

Might mean they had an orgy and Denise got pregnant. Or it was a virgin birth...or...fuck it..who knows how Princes mind works.

nesseone said:

On The Truth. Which was the bonus CD with the 3CD retrospective release 'Crystal Ball'
BTW 'The Truth' is the shit!! a truly great album

Apparently it's about a lesbo slopfest

ask Prince
he'll say, "ah, if the bra fits."

As he (the artist) told me, she came on her period. That's why she ran home.

junnie said:

It's Nasty. It reminds me of Vanity 6.

I this song. It reminds me of my friend.

I think is is about Vanity6

It is about young girls exploring lesbian sexuality.

The lyrics are spot on, though I beg to differ on the line "4 hands in the place where her feet connect" - I always thought it was "4 hands in the place where the V connects" a la When 2 R In Love ("The thought of his tongue in the V of her love".
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Muffy said:

i always wondered if "denise" is denise matthews, a/k/a vanity?

Mindflux said:

Thank you. It's definitely "where the V connects." In the place where the feet connect?? What the fuck is that??

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

the music is SWEET

especially after you think the song has finished and this beautiful outro starts

"imagination showed a window" -> does this mean the singer is imagining the scene and not actually witnissing it ?

I assumed this was about high school 'dames' exploring their sexuality with each other. I copied the lyrics from the internet (which doesn't make them right, for sure!), but I, too, thought it was where the "V" connected. I love digging out the meanings of shit like this. It's much better when Prince doesn't come right out and tell, tell, tell.

Number23 said:

their ankles?