In his song "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)," songwriter Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf explicitly name several things the singer will never do.
Lie to you
Forget the way you feel right now
Forgive myself if we don't go all the way tonight
Do it better than I do it with you
Stop dreaming of you every night of my life
See that it's time to move on
Be screwing around
Meat Loaf explained in interviews that because the line "I'd do anything for love" is repeated several times right before the final refrain, listeners simply forget the specific preceding line ("I'll never stop dreaming of you") that defines "that".
Imagine turning down getting railed into the mattress by the one you love. Smh my head, fear seeks only to protect us from all the most precious experiences in life 😔
15 Comments
Zogtavious@aussie.zone · 34 pts · 39d
Funny, but the song actually says what it is. 1st verse, 4th line - he will never lie to her.
NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 39d
It's more complicated:
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 39d
Ironically, that's almost certainly a lie itself.
ramble81@lemmy.zip · 30 pts · 39d
Cool story, but didn’t that tool come out as a MAGA lover? Apparently he would do anything, including that.
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 pts · 39d
Yeah. He helped convince Trump to run for President. I don't miss him.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 39d
I thought we confirmed "that" was "get vaccinated"
Blibly@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 39d
He missed out. 🤷♀️
Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip · 17 pts · 39d
Imagine turning down getting railed into the mattress by the one you love. Smh my head, fear seeks only to protect us from all the most precious experiences in life 😔
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 39d
He's been repeatedly confirming this story for over 20 years.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 39d
He will do anything for attention but he won't stop doing that.
1egg4u@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 39d
But I thought it was about cleaning the toilet in the Spice Girls bus
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 39d
That's a war crime.
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 39d
Waterford whispers my beloved
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 39d
But who was going to use it on whom?
EatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -1 pts · 38d
I would do anything but listen to his boring songs