I totally agree with Bob on this translation, that's how i've always thought
of it too. Also, some people are just socially inept (my ex for example and
it IS his fault). db
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Subject: Re: Does this line ruin "L.I.S."?
<<okay, what does that line mean? >>
I think she's just talking about her social life with him and HIS
friends...to put it in context:
"Your friends protect you
Scrutinize me
I get so damn timid
Not at all the spirit
That's inside of me
Oh baby I can't seem to make it
With you socially "
Whatever makes their relationship work between the two of them doesn't
translate when they are in public (or removed from the world in which they
feel comfortable).
That's my take on it anyway; I know from my own experience that I've dated
women that didn't necessarily "fit" into the other spheres of my life at the
time...obviously no one's fault, just the way things are sometime on the
"social" level. Whether it's a class difference, age, a socioeconomic one,
racial, or whatever.
Bob
NP: Eddie Reader, "Scarecrow"
