Tuesday, January 16, 2007

The Police - Every Breath You Take



While the song sounds like a sedate and seemingly harmonious love ballad, it was actually written during the collapse of Sting's marriage to Frances Tomelty; the lyrics describe not well-meaning love but the motivations of a stalker, who is watching "every breath you take/every move you make". However, this fact has often gone unnoticed, or is ignored, and hence the song is often incorrectly classed as a love song.

Which makes the contived nonsense Puff Daddy/P Diddy/Cock Jockey made out of it even more nonsesne....

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