Okay look, I get it, this song is an American classic and I'm sure most of us first heard it on the old show "The Wonders Years", so it's a part of our childhood and we have sentimental feelings for it.....
.... but I just realized that this song is actually a case study and a low-key warning about the dangers of SIMPery.....
The entire premise of the song is that when a man loves a woman he dismisses all of her bad behavior. He ignores all the warning signs. He gives her all his wealth. And when his friends and family try to warn him that she's a gold-digging h0e, he turns his back on them....
....and in the end, she takes everything from him and leaves him to sleep out in the rain..... but he still loves her....
........this song does a fantastic job illustrating just how much the urge to SIMP is hardwired into a man's DNA, and also how cold and calculating women can be when they're out to exploit a man's genetic propensity towards SIMP behavior.....
Let's analyze the lyrics:
"When a man loves a woman
Can't keep his mind on nothin' else
He'd trade the world
For a good thing he's found
If she is bad, he can't see it
She can do no wrong
Turn his back on his best friend
If he puts her down
When a man loves a woman
Spend his very last dime
Trying to hold on to what he needs
He'd give up all his comforts
And sleep out in the rain
If she said that's the way
It ought to be
When a man loves a woman
I give you everything I've got (yeah)
Trying to hold on
To your precious love
Baby please don't treat me bad
When a man loves a woman
Deep down in his soul
She can bring him such misery
If she is playing him for a fool
He's the last one to know
Loving eyes can never see
Yes when a man loves a woman
I know exactly how he feels
'Cause baby, baby, baby
I am a man
When a man loves a woman"
.... but I just realized that this song is actually a case study and a low-key warning about the dangers of SIMPery.....
The entire premise of the song is that when a man loves a woman he dismisses all of her bad behavior. He ignores all the warning signs. He gives her all his wealth. And when his friends and family try to warn him that she's a gold-digging h0e, he turns his back on them....
....and in the end, she takes everything from him and leaves him to sleep out in the rain..... but he still loves her....
........this song does a fantastic job illustrating just how much the urge to SIMP is hardwired into a man's DNA, and also how cold and calculating women can be when they're out to exploit a man's genetic propensity towards SIMP behavior.....
Let's analyze the lyrics:
"When a man loves a woman
Can't keep his mind on nothin' else
He'd trade the world
For a good thing he's found
If she is bad, he can't see it
She can do no wrong
Turn his back on his best friend
If he puts her down
When a man loves a woman
Spend his very last dime
Trying to hold on to what he needs
He'd give up all his comforts
And sleep out in the rain
If she said that's the way
It ought to be
When a man loves a woman
I give you everything I've got (yeah)
Trying to hold on
To your precious love
Baby please don't treat me bad
When a man loves a woman
Deep down in his soul
She can bring him such misery
If she is playing him for a fool
He's the last one to know
Loving eyes can never see
Yes when a man loves a woman
I know exactly how he feels
'Cause baby, baby, baby
I am a man
When a man loves a woman"
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