Tell me why ain't nothin but a heart1/11/2024 ![]() So I read the Lyrics and discovered that there is an original alternate version. “Am I the only person who always had a sneaking suspicion that the song, “I want it that way,” by the Backstreet Boys, was about anal sex? I mean, come on what else could it have been she wanted that he was so nervous about? Where in the living room she wanted the sofa? I think not.” INSIDE OF ME= in BrE we would say "inside me", without OF.My friend Malinda blogged about the Backstreet boys the other day: "I want you to leave" (= if you leave, I’m happy because that’s what I want).ĭEEP DOWN= this is a common expression that emphasises the meaning of "down", it is "down and down" (we can’t say "very down" because that means "very depressed"). The situation that I want is "you know", if you know, I’m happy. I WANT YOU TO KNOW= notice this construction. USED TO refers to a habit or situation that was true in the past but not now any more: "I used to be a soldier" (but now I’m not). TO FALL APART= to crumble, to be destroyed. WANNA= want to (again, in AmE T is often lost after N). Notice the pronunciation of the ending –ACHE (as in "ake"). ![]() A "heartache" is when your heart hurts (not physically, but emotionally, because of love). HEARTACHE= "a headache" is when your head hurts, feels painful. That’s incorrect in standard English but it happens in colloquial speech and dialects. ![]() "Ain’t nothing but a heartache"= it isn’t anything but a heartache= it’s only a heartache.ĪIN’T NOTHING= "it isn’t nothing". REACH TO a place= get there, be able to go thereĪIN’T= isn’t (coll.). WE ARE (TWO) WORLDS APART= there’s a lot of distance between us (not physical distance) ![]() Notice the common American rule: N+T=N, so he says /w ɒn ɪ t/instead of /w ɒn tɪ t/ I WANT IT THAT WAY= I want it like that (not differently). THE ONE DESIRE= my only desire, the only thing I desire or I want. ![]()
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