left in the dark lyrics

**RadioMaster** · 03 Oct 2006, 17:02

Got that question in my mind for some weeks, maybe you can help me:

I absolutely dont get the Left in the Dark lyrics:
She cheated on him but now shes back.
He feels his pain but now it´s unimportant, he just wants to 'make love'(

)

But why?
Why are the lyrics:

I just need some love (

)
so turn out the light (

)
and I´ll be left in the dark again (

)

why is he left again when she came back and wants to 'make love'

I dont get the sense of that line.....

Any ideas?

Thanks!

*AndyK* · 03 Oct 2006, 17:08

Because in the past while she was being unfaithful he was left in the dark ... i.e. he didn't know what was going on. Now she's back he's saying turn out the lights ... so it's a different type of darkness.

Sapphire Lady · 03 Oct 2006, 17:19

really beautiful lyrics

AndrewG · 03 Oct 2006, 17:19

well it's quarter to three, so it's bound to be pretty dark. She was supposed to be there at 7! LOL

Paul191 · 03 Oct 2006, 17:21

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Originally Posted by AndrewG

well it's quarter to three, so it's bound to be pretty dark. She was supposed to be there at 7! LOL

lol

Lord Kagan · 03 Oct 2006, 18:21

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Originally Posted by AndrewG

well it's quarter to three, so it's bound to be pretty dark. She was supposed to be there at 7! LOL

Typical woman there..

**RadioMaster** · 03 Oct 2006, 18:39

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Originally Posted by Lord Kagan

Typical woman there..

exactly!

djfierce · 03 Oct 2006, 19:32

ok i had to re-listen to make sure i was right but as with all songs i guess there are a few interpretations, but for what its worth heres mine.
He knows she's cheating, he wants to know the details but not right now.
with the light on he has reminders of her betrayal told in the following lines:
"i bet you still got a trace of his love in your eyes"
"i see the look in your eyes and i got the proof"
"there are more lies on your body"

these visuals constantly remind him so he wants to turn off the light and be "left in the dark again" so he can pretend he still doesn't know.
Not sure this makes sense but i know what i mean!

AndrewG · 03 Oct 2006, 19:38

There's an interesting bit on the net about this song here:
http://solidrock.dk/steinman/leftinthedark.php

**RadioMaster** · 03 Oct 2006, 19:43

isnt he singing "no lies" not "more lies"?

I´d go with Mr King´s explanation....but the 'again' speaks against it......

AndrewG · 03 Oct 2006, 19:44

Yup it's definitly "and there are no lies on your body so take off your dress".

What's so difficult to understand about "again" young Padawan?
I simply assume that this is all about a guy singing to a woman who has just come home from cheating on him (at least that's what he thinks/believes). Obviously this woman means everything to him and before he met her he was in the dark (ie she was/is the light in his life), now he could be in the dark again as he releases she wants something she couldn't get from him. Makes pretty much sense to me.

**RadioMaster** · 03 Oct 2006, 19:50

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Originally Posted by AndrewG

There's an interesting bit on the net about this song here:
http://solidrock.dk/steinman/leftinthedark.php

Really a good review! Thanks!

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...And, as indicated above, even the deceived husbond needs some tangible love more than he needs his wife's answers and explanations - he wants to be "left in the dark again". ...

but there´s still the point of the again, which i dont get

**RadioMaster** · 03 Oct 2006, 19:54

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Originally Posted by AndrewG

Yup it's definitly "and there are no lies on your body so take off your dress".

What's so difficult to understand about "again" young Padawan?
I simply assume that this is all about a guy singing to a woman who has just come home from cheating on him (at least that's what he thinks/believes). Obviously this woman means everything to him and before he met her he was in the dark (ie she was/is the light in his life), now he could be in the dark again as he releases she wants something she couldn't get from him. Makes pretty much sense to me.

But the problem which I see, or the point I dont get is the following:

He is ready to make love, and according to his again, THIS is what will leave him in the dark.

so he´s left in the dark when the lights are turned off and they make love.
BUT
the again says to me that there has been something comparable to that before.
He was left in the dark before....
left in the dark = bad feeling, alone, sad, cheated
left in the dark again = the lights are off and they make love
which is, emotionally seen, the complete difference....

see my point now...

djfierce · 03 Oct 2006, 20:06

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Originally Posted by RadioMaster

But the problem which I see, or the point I dont get is the following:

He is ready to make love, and according to his again, THIS is what will leave him in the dark.

so he´s left in the dark when the lights are turned off and they make love.
BUT
the again says to me that there has been something comparable to that before.
He was left in the dark before....
left in the dark = bad feeling, alone, sad, cheated
left in the dark again = the lights are off and they make lovewhich is, emotionally seen, the complete difference....

see my point now...

but he still feels the first definition of in the dark = bad feeling, alone , cheated so i guess it is again

**The Flying Mouse** · 03 Oct 2006, 20:28

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Originally Posted by AndrewG

well it's quarter to three, so it's bound to be pretty dark. She was supposed to be there at 7! LOL

7:00 - 2:45

That's only 7 hours and 45 minutes in bed.

I don't know

Some people have no staying power

**The Flying Mouse** · 03 Oct 2006, 20:38

OK, my run down on what the song means.

The most importaint thing is what is meant be the term "left in the dark".

Do you take it literally (it's dark) or the more common metephrical meaning, that you are ignorant/without information on a particular subject.

I got with the metophore.

There's this dude (technical term there

) and he's with a complete slapper (another tech term).

She fools around on him, and he knows it, but he has no proof of it.

It's more like instinct.

However, he tries to believe her alibies, and he himself makes up excuses why she doesn't turn up sometimes.

He is fooling himself as much as she is.

Now when she comes home, he wants her to make love to him.

This will make him "feel" loved, and it will reashure him that the suspicion (or knowledge) of her infidelity is all in his mind, and he will be "left in the dark again".

He will once more convice himself that she is not being unfathful.

She will turn off the light, they will make love, he'll believe she loves him, and he will be in the dark again.

**RadioMaster** · 03 Oct 2006, 20:41

so you say the fact that she makes love to him is a proof of his stupidity?

how about that:
He wants a proof for that she still loves him, but she will only make love to him because she knows that he wants/needs that proof. And the FACT that she does it, is the proof of her cheating and guilty conscience for what she´d done and with that proof he KNOWS that he´s left in the dark....again.
huh?

**The Flying Mouse** · 03 Oct 2006, 21:03

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Originally Posted by RadioMaster

so you say the fact that she makes love to him is a proof of his stupidity?

how about that:
He wants a proof for that she still loves him, but she will only make love to him because she knows that he wants/needs that proof. And the FACT that she does it, is the proof of her cheating and guilty conscience for what she´d done and with that proof he KNOWS that he´s left in the dark....again.
huh?

But who is to say WHY she is making love to him?

Is she making love to him because she has a guilty concience, or is she making love to him because she loves him?

Does she EVEN make love to him?

The songs stops before they get that far

.

The possibility that he is wrong about what's going on is the thing that allows him to keep himself in the dark.

He has an instinct what is going on.He knows it.But he's never been told it, and he's never seen her cheat.

Without that evidence, he can still deny what is going on.

Now don't forget that (as far as I take the song), this song is never sang to her.

These are things the guy WANTS to say.

But how can he say that without any proof.

And we wouldn't even want the proof anyway because he'd no longer be able to fool himself.

**RadioMaster** · 03 Oct 2006, 21:06

or maybe their both just horny..

MeatGrl1 · 03 Oct 2006, 21:22

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Originally Posted by RadioMaster

or maybe their both just horny..

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

needmoremeat · 03 Oct 2006, 21:30

So after all that discussion which gave me a headache reading it, you decide they're just horny?!

AndrewG · 03 Oct 2006, 21:35

Yeah that's indeed a funny conclusion in the end, no?

**The Flying Mouse** · 03 Oct 2006, 21:35

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Originally Posted by needmoremeat

So after all that discussion which gave me a headache reading it, you decide they're just horny?!

Well if he doesn't understand it now, he never will

djfierce · 03 Oct 2006, 21:41

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Originally Posted by THE FLYING MOUSE

Well if he doesn't understand it now, he never will

And theres me thinking RJ wanted a deep and meaningful answer.

i should've just thought like a guy

**RadioMaster** · 03 Oct 2006, 21:47

you should....you should

*wise look*

03 Oct 2006, 17:02	#1
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	left in the dark lyrics Got that question in my mind for some weeks, maybe you can help me: I absolutely dont get the Left in the Dark lyrics: She cheated on him but now shes back. He feels his pain but now it´s unimportant, he just wants to 'make love'() But why? Why are the lyrics: I just need some love () so turn out the light () and I´ll be left in the dark again () why is he left again when she came back and wants to 'make love' I dont get the sense of that line..... Any ideas? Thanks!

03 Oct 2006, 17:08	#2
AndyK Relentless Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Over the top..... seeing what's on the other side Posts: 18,694	Because in the past while she was being unfaithful he was left in the dark ... i.e. he didn't know what was going on. Now she's back he's saying turn out the lights ... so it's a different type of darkness.

03 Oct 2006, 17:19	#3
Sapphire Lady Mega Loafer Join Date: 21.04.2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,213	really beautiful lyrics

03 Oct 2006, 17:19	#4
AndrewG I hope your salmon sucks! Join Date: 18.01.2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 7,083	well it's quarter to three, so it's bound to be pretty dark. She was supposed to be there at 7! LOL

03 Oct 2006, 19:32	#8
djfierce Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.06.2005 Location: Posts: 3,596	ok i had to re-listen to make sure i was right but as with all songs i guess there are a few interpretations, but for what its worth heres mine. He knows she's cheating, he wants to know the details but not right now. with the light on he has reminders of her betrayal told in the following lines: "i bet you still got a trace of his love in your eyes" "i see the look in your eyes and i got the proof" "there are more lies on your body" these visuals constantly remind him so he wants to turn off the light and be "left in the dark again" so he can pretend he still doesn't know. Not sure this makes sense but i know what i mean!

03 Oct 2006, 19:38	#9
AndrewG I hope your salmon sucks! Join Date: 18.01.2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 7,083	There's an interesting bit on the net about this song here: http://solidrock.dk/steinman/leftinthedark.php

03 Oct 2006, 19:43	#10
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	isnt he singing "no lies" not "more lies"? I´d go with Mr King´s explanation....but the 'again' speaks against it......

03 Oct 2006, 19:44	#11
AndrewG I hope your salmon sucks! Join Date: 18.01.2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 7,083	Yup it's definitly "and there are no lies on your body so take off your dress". What's so difficult to understand about "again" young Padawan? I simply assume that this is all about a guy singing to a woman who has just come home from cheating on him (at least that's what he thinks/believes). Obviously this woman means everything to him and before he met her he was in the dark (ie she was/is the light in his life), now he could be in the dark again as he releases she wants something she couldn't get from him. Makes pretty much sense to me.

03 Oct 2006, 20:38	#16
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	OK, my run down on what the song means. The most importaint thing is what is meant be the term "left in the dark". Do you take it literally (it's dark) or the more common metephrical meaning, that you are ignorant/without information on a particular subject. I got with the metophore. There's this dude (technical term there ) and he's with a complete slapper (another tech term). She fools around on him, and he knows it, but he has no proof of it. It's more like instinct. However, he tries to believe her alibies, and he himself makes up excuses why she doesn't turn up sometimes. He is fooling himself as much as she is. Now when she comes home, he wants her to make love to him. This will make him "feel" loved, and it will reashure him that the suspicion (or knowledge) of her infidelity is all in his mind, and he will be "left in the dark again". He will once more convice himself that she is not being unfathful. She will turn off the light, they will make love, he'll believe she loves him, and he will be in the dark again.

03 Oct 2006, 20:41	#17
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	so you say the fact that she makes love to him is a proof of his stupidity? how about that: He wants a proof for that she still loves him, but she will only make love to him because she knows that he wants/needs that proof. And the FACT that she does it, is the proof of her cheating and guilty conscience for what she´d done and with that proof he KNOWS that he´s left in the dark....again. huh?

03 Oct 2006, 21:06	#19
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	or maybe their both just horny..

03 Oct 2006, 21:30	#21
needmoremeat Mega Loafer Join Date: 23.11.2003 Location: Sunderland, UK Posts: 1,416	So after all that discussion which gave me a headache reading it, you decide they're just horny?!

03 Oct 2006, 21:35	#22
AndrewG I hope your salmon sucks! Join Date: 18.01.2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 7,083	Yeah that's indeed a funny conclusion in the end, no?

03 Oct 2006, 21:47	#25
RadioMaster The German Join Date: 11.03.2006 Location: some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos... Posts: 15,778	you should....you should wise look