I Am The Only People
Background
- This song is about the loss of innocence without the loss of ignorance ... or self-pity
- It's not really about burning or burned children but "the burned child loves the fire" is the line people seem to notice
- It's more of an observation about having a fascination for, and returning to, things that are bad for us ...
- ... and then moaning about how it hurts!
- The line about an affected lowering of a gaze came about after seeing an interview with Lady Diana Spencer who was just embarking upon her, soon to be fatal, courtship of the press ... and whatever else it was she was courting at the time.
- She was seen as a fresh, new, and untainted but she appeared, perhaps unfairly, perhaps not, to be less innocent than she wanted to appear and playing on her supposed innocence and youth
- Having seen this behaviour in her, it seemed to crop up elsewhere
- The song isn't about her though
- It's about how the loss of innocence and the resulting pain are so frequently, craved, grieved, and moaned about
Lyrics
I’ve gotta tell you
It hurts me so
She begs me show her
What I’d have her not know
Her innocence it seems so mannered now these days
There’s something affected about the way she lowers her gaze
I am the only people
I am the only people
I am the only one who ever felt never loved
I am the only people
She acts from fear now and not desire
The burned child loves the fire
They say it purifies what fire it don’t destroy
But you know it hardens too
It’ll be so hard tonight
I am the only people
I am the only people
I am the only one who ever felt this this much done
I am the only people
(Sax solo)
I am the only people
I am the only people
I am the only one who ever felt this much numb
I am the only people
