Over My Head
Intellectual Seduction: Unraveling the Layers of Over My Head
Lyrics
She was talking about the world situation
Discussing global affairs and issues.
She was sitting on a coffee-bar stool
Sitting in a coffee bar.
I heard her say something clever 'bout inflation
Making a clever remark about inflation and the Ayatollah's rule.
And the Ayatollah's rule
Reference to political and religious figures.
It was over my head, over my head
Expressing the complexity or depth of the conversation, possibly beyond the speaker's understanding.
Over my head, over my head
-Over my head, over my head
-Over my head,
-Her eyes were plastered with a lot of mascara
Describing the woman's appearance and expressing the speaker's interest in her intellect.
And her hair was cut by Vidal
-I was wondering how I was going to score her
-A real live intellectual
-And then she started talking bout a new production
Talking about a creative endeavor involving Dostoyevsky, suggesting intellectual depth and allure.
Of Dostoyevsky in drag
-The way her mouth moved was pure seduction
-When she said she'd written it up in a mag
-It was over my head, over my head
Reiterating the idea that the conversation is beyond the speaker's comprehension.
Over my head, over my head
-Over my head, over my head
-Over my head,
-Everybody's talking 'bout a new way of thinking
Commenting on the trend of technological advancements and the speaker's focus on the woman's lips.
Getting plugged into silicon chips
-All I could think about was lateral linking
-And I just watched her Mary Quant lips
-Talking over my head, over my head
Emphasizing the woman's conversation going over the speaker's head.
Over my head, over my head
-Over my head, over my head
-Over my head,
-She asked me was I ever into Fellini
Discussing film directors (Fellini and Godard) and imagining the woman in a bikini.
And what did I think of Godard
-I tried to imagine her in a bikini
-And didn't find it was hard
-She said have you seen that Fritz Lang movie
Talking about a Fritz Lang movie and the speaker's preference for rock and roll over deep themes.
Where the hero loses his soul?
-I said I didn't think that sounded too groovy
-I'm more into rock and roll
-She was over my head, over my head
Repeating the theme of the woman being intellectually superior or the conversation being over the speaker's head.
Over my head, over my head
-Over my head, over my head
-Over my head,
-Over my head,
Further emphasizing the speaker's feeling of inadequacy in understanding the woman.
Over my head,
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