

well, completely obsessed with "oldies" music. He just stared at me like he couldn't be any prouder. We were completely silent, because I was so exhausted. It was after my dance recital, he picked me up and we were driving home (It was a pretty long ride) at night, down the highway. This song always reminds me of one night. We stopped caring about what people had to say. He tries hard to make a living off of his music, him and the band.Įveryone says that I'm too good for him, because I have so much to offer and so much ahead of me, and he's just some boy that could never make it to the college and work, adult world. My boyfriend, on the other hand, sings and plays guitar. I am going to college and studying, trying hard to make a future for myself. AllI know is that this song will always mean the world to me. I don't know about the reason it was written or the message behind the lyrics. I honestly have no idea what it's actually about. The art is contained in the actual words, nothing more and nothing less. A real life event may trigger the making of art, but that does not mean the event is the art itself, far from it. Journalism is the means of communicating real life events whereas art is the means of communicating the artist's own reality according to his values. TD is the narrator's ideal, but their relationship in consummated in masturbation.īe careful to explain meanings of songs by reference to real life events. When the narrator says, "but oh how it feels so real, lying here with no one near, only you," the implication is that it is not real, and she is not really lying there. "And now she's in me, always with me" means that he has grabbed hold of her spirit, but not her body. Thus the only way to possess TD is through fantasy. The narrator's love for TD is more intense due to the fact that he feels inferior to her and therefore cannot really possess her (probably the narrator is awkward, worried, and burdened by life and religion). second, he loves her because she is a pagan, not burdened by the onerous demands of Jesus freaks or other religious zealots. The narrator loves TD for two reasons: first, he loves her because she is a "ballerina," not literally, but metaphorically in the sense that she loves life and lives naturally and effortlessly, with no trace of awkwardness or worry. The narrator loves TD, but she is not his girlfriend or wife, as the narrator refers to the music man and the piano man in 3rd person, not 1st person. General Comment"Tiny Dancer" is a sexual fantasy. Now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music manīallerina, you must've seen her dancing in the sandĪnd now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand
