Underneath Your Clothes(?!) What the...?

[SaltBoy]

Does somebody want to explain the meaning behind the lyrics of this song, or am I just reading too much into it?

You're a song
Written by the hands of god
Don't get me wrong cause
This might sound to you a bit odd
But you own the place
Where all my thoughts go hiding
And right under your clothes
Is where I find them

Underneath Your Clothes
There's an endless story
There's the man I chose
There's my territory
And all the things I deserve
For being such a good girl honey

Because of you
I forgot the smart ways to lie
Because of you
I'm running out of reasons to cry
When the friends are gone
When the party's over
We will still belong to each other

Underneath Your Clothes
There's an endless story
There's the man I chose
There's my territory
And all the things I deserve
For being such a good girl honey

I love you more than all that's on the planet
Movin' talkin' walkin' breathing
You know it's true
Oh baby it's so funny
You almost don't believe it
As every voice is hanging from the silence
Lamps are hanging from the celing
Like a lady tied to her manners
I'm tied up to this feeling

Underneath Your Clothes
There's an endless story
There's the man I chose
There's my territory
And all the things I deserve
For being such a good girl honey


Also, could Shakira have a more annoying voice? It's like mixing Jewel with Kermit the Frog. :disgust: No pics, BTW. Go find them yourself.

 

[SOSTrooper]

I totally don't have any idea how to explain the lyrics. I can say I'm as confused as you, but hey, it's a good song. It could be that its loosely translated from spanish so maybe it isn't as clear to some of you who likes to dissect the entire song

 

[Pliablemoose]

Ever try to make sense out of Mexican soap operas?

 

[Murphyrulez]

Doesn't it mean that underneath all your outer trappings, all your imperfections, or whatever, is the man she loves?

 

[SaltBoy]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Ever try to make sense out of Mexican soap operas?

Good point.

 

[Tdawg951]

i like shakira, but i like her voice a lot better singing spanish than english. Dont know why though........

 

[Michael1897]

you know that saying "the clothes make the man"? well this is more or less saying the man makes the man and clothes don't have a flip to do with it.

oh yeah, mexican soap operas ROCK, they go along their story faster (most are over in 6 months) and they don't have stupid age jumps like days of our lives or just plain stupid plots like passions

 

[SaltBoy]

Originally posted by: Michael1897
oh yeah, mexican soap operas ROCK, they go along their story faster (most are over in 6 months) and they don't have stupid age jumps like days of our lives or just plain stupid plots like passions

Okaaayyy... and you'd know this because...? :Q

 

[Alex]

don't mind shakira, she can't speak english good like us.

 

[Beau]

I'm thinking that "clothes" is being used figuratively, meaning that the man she is talking about is hiding his true self under layers of personality, like clothes hide our naked bodies from everyone to view.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Shakira sounds much better in Spanish....she loses the Kermit The Frog effect for some reason.

My wife is latin, so I watched Shakira perform live for years on various shows and was always impressed. I was surprised when her voice sounded so different when she sang in English.

BTW, I watch those soap operas too. The one I'm watching with my wife now is basically an incestual Les Miserables.

 

[aphex]

Nevermind the lyrics (all of her songs suck), but i could stare at her ass for ages.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: aphexII
Nevermind the lyrics (all of her songs suck), but i could stare at her ass for ages.

Nah.. .she shakes it too much to get a good view of it.

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: Beau6183

Originally posted by: aphexII
Nevermind the lyrics (all of her songs suck), but i could stare at her ass for ages.

Nah.. .she shakes it too much to get a good view of it.

nahhh shaking is nice

 

[Iron Woode]

If you think these lyrics are confusing, try reading the lyrics to Garbage's Cherry Lips. I'm not sure what they are trying to say.

 

[Michael1897]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy

Originally posted by: Michael1897
oh yeah, mexican soap operas ROCK, they go along their story faster (most are over in 6 months) and they don't have stupid age jumps like days of our lives or just plain stupid plots like passions

Okaaayyy... and you'd know this because...? :Q

sad to admit it but i watch both, my sisters watch them religiously and the pc at home is in the same room that they watch.

The mexican ones (telenovelas) i watch to help me with my learning and becoming fluent in spanish. good way to practice

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Shakira sounds much better in Spanish....she loses the Kermit The Frog effect for some reason.

My wife is latin, so I watched Shakira perform live for years on various shows and was always impressed. I was surprised when her voice sounded so different when she sang in English.

BTW, I watch those soap operas too. The one I'm watching with my wife now is basically an incestual Les Miserables.

I have a couple of Shakira's music videos here, one is Ojos Asi and the other is Suerte (Wherever, Whenever in the States). It's like 10000 times better in Spanish. I'd attribute the wierd attonation of her voice to the pressure of learning english quickly.

 

[Michael1897]

Originally posted by: Beau6183

Originally posted by: aphexII
Nevermind the lyrics (all of her songs suck), but i could stare at her ass for ages.

Nah.. .she shakes it too much to get a good view of it.

she could never shake it too much that is impossible. cool:

 

[LH]

The song is about her fiance, the son of the former President of Argentina(the one who stepped down this year or last, after the country went down the crapper).

 

[Dually]

Originally posted by: Murphyrulez
Doesn't it mean that underneath all your outer trappings, all your imperfections, or whatever, is the man she loves?

I love how people tend to put the meaning in PC terms like that, it means no matter what happens she has your privates for pleasure.

 

[Alex]

totally... this isn't poetry, its a bad pop song by a colombian chick who barely speaks english...

 

[hamburglar]

pics?

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: hamburglar
pics?

lol i was wondering how come nobody asked... specially since we were talking about her shaking her ass...

 

[eakers]

*lesigh*
theres this boy i love very much
his name is pablo
this is going to be our wedding song.




btw does anyone have the game hungry hungry hippoes?

*kat. <--

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: eakers
*lesigh*
theres this boy i love very much
his name is pablo
this is going to be our wedding song.




btw does anyone have the game hungry hungry hippoes?

*kat. <--

awwwwww
my wedding song was a spice girls one... but then she dumped me... (b!atcH!!!)

<--


lol jk that was a long time ago...