One of the things I am going to teach our baby when she arrives is how loving Duran Duran is a GOOD thing!
I went to see them last night at the Lyceum Theatre in London and they played a stellar show. During the first half, where they played their new album in its entirety, Simon dedicated the song "She's Too Much" to "all the dads out there, especially if you have a little girl to go home to". Well, I'm going to remember it as "all the dads and dads to be out there".
For the whole song, I really felt proud about our impending life change and the arrival of the wee-one.
Having now listened back to "She's Too Much" with that in mind, the song does take on a whole new take.
Here are the words, and remember to read them from a dad's perspective:
She's gentle to the touch
She's everything head first
So happy to be causing trouble
Sometimes
The pressure gets too much
And you think she's going to burst
And shatter like a Christmas bauble
I'll be there when the world is
coming down upon her
When she's scared, I'll be there
Fighting in her corner
She cries when she's alone
For all life's little knocks
Everything is supposed to make us tougher
Thinking is doesn't really show
But I know how she hurts
And I can't bare to see her suffer
I'll be there when the world is
coming down upon her
When she's scared, I'll be there
Fighting in her corner
I'll be there when the world
is closing to surround her
In the air as she falls with my arms around her
Holding on I'm looking out for
Her thin skin
Because she's everything
and I don't think she knows
She's such a gentle touch
She's too much a gentle touch
She likes to catch the sun
Plays with it like a ball
And never mind whatever keeps it burning
Someday, she might just be the one
Whose going to save us all
If this apocalipse is coming
I'll be there when the world is
coming down upon her
When she's scared, I'll be there
Fighting in her corner
I'll be there when the world
is closing to surround her
In the air as she falls with my arms around her
Holding on I'm looking out for
Her thin skin
Because she's everything
and I don't think she knows
I don't think she knows
I don't think she knows
(she's too much)
I don't think she knows
(she's too much) a gentle touch
