Lyrics
So you're smug and married
Observation of someone feeling content and self-satisfied in their marriage.
You seal your bath on a Saturday night
Describing a routine where the person seals themselves in their comfort zone (represented by a bath) on Saturday nights as a married individual.
So you're smug and married
Reiterating the feeling of contentment and satisfaction in being married.
And that look he gives you fills you with delight
Highlighting the joy and happiness reflected in the way a partner looks at their spouse.
So why do I do this to myself every time
Expressing frustration and confusion about repeating self-inflicted emotional pain despite knowing better.
So masochistic
Characterizing the tendency to derive pleasure from emotional pain or frustration.
Oh yeah I've always got to cross the line
Admitting a perpetual inclination to push boundaries or exceed limits.
Oh yeah I've always got to cross the line
Repeating the desire or impulse to surpass boundaries.
How I wish there was a way
Expressing a yearning for a solution or a way to change the situation.
How I wish there was a way
Reiterating the desire for a solution or change.
That I could have you
Expressing the longing to have the person for themselves, separated from their current spouse.
That I could have you
-That I could have you
-All to myself
-I know he takes you for granted
Noticing that the person's partner takes them for granted.
And you play the dutiful little wife
Describing the person's compliance in the role of a devoted spouse.
But if you were mine
Imagining a scenario where the singer would make their love interest happy every night if they were together.
I'd make you happy every night
-And it's ridiculous and I'm ridiculous I know
Acknowledging the irrationality of the situation and the singer's awareness of it.
This will never be
Accepting the impossibility of the desired relationship.
And I can't believe
Expressing disbelief and surprise at the situation the singer finds themselves in.
I can't believe this is happening to me
-Happening to me
Reiteration of shock at the unfolding circumstances.
How I wish there was a way
Repeating the wish for a solution or change in the situation.
How I wish there was a way
Reiterating the desire for a resolution or change.
That I could have you
Longing to have the person exclusively for themselves.
That I could have you
-That I could have you
-All to myself
-So you're smug and married
Reiteration of the observation of the person's contentment in their marriage, acknowledging it positively.
Well good for you
Concluding with a resigned acknowledgment of the person's contentment in their married state.
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