But you'd be hard-pressed to find one that makes less sense. “There are a lot of songs out there like that that don't make sense,” he continues, “but make you feel good when you sing along to them, and that's one of them.” “His English has gotten much better, but at the time…” Richardson says, trailing off. (His resume includes everything from boy band era hits “Everybody (Backstreet's Back)” and Britney's “Oops!…I Did It Again” to Kelly Clarkson's “Since You Been Gone” to Katy Perry's “California Gurls.”) The track was co-written by Swedish songwriter Max Martin, who remains a one-man wrecking crew hitmaker. “Ultimately the song really doesn't really make much sense,” he admits. (The real one, not the one who went on the imaginary date with me.) Sound implausible? Maybe, but could there be a deeper meaning to the song, one I just can't wrap my thick skull around? “I never, ever, EVER, want to hear you say you want it that way.” You set your napkin on the table, get up, and then, crying, run out the restaurant's front door. “Baby,” you say, loud enough for everyone in the restaurant to hear. The waiter and I both turn to you, but your face is frozen in horrified anguish. “How would you like it done?” the waiter asks. The waiter arrives and, since you are a gentleman, you let me order first. We receive our menus and consult them, occasionally glancing up and directly into each others' eyes.
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We arrive to the restaurant, an elegant, dimly lit downtown spot full of tanned people. You whisk me away in your chauffeur-driven 1998 custom-made stretch Jeep Cherokee. You pick me up at eight, wearing a long trench coat. Let's pretend I'm me and you're, say, Kevin Richardson. You never want to hear me say I want things in particular ways.īut why? Maybe an example would help flesh this out. And it seems fair for me to assume you simply don't like it when I express preferences. So, without specifics, I can only guess what you mean. Even worse, no further explanation is given for what “that” is. None of the sentiments here seem to go with any of the other ones. Then the chorus kicks in and this thing goes off the rails. So, wait, the “that” that I say is different than the “that” that you say? You're saying that I want it a different way? A way that is not preferable to you? So, you're saying you want me to continue being your fire and one desire.
Mainly, the meaning of “that” is at issue. “I Want It That Way”'s lyrics are an enigma wrapped in a riddle tied up in a pencil-thin beard.
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