I just came across Nookie after a long hiatus on my random playlist. For some reason, I decided to pull up the lyrics and read along. And now I have a new appreciation for it.
Nookie is an angry song about heartbreak. His woman left him. Not only that, but she took his money and cheated on him with some of his ‘friends’. And he isn’t hiding that he’s pretty upset about it. He says, “Dwellin' on the past (past). It’s burnin' in my brain (hot). Everyone that burns has to learn from the pain”. But there is also a touch of embarrassment, “It's kinda sad I’m the laughing stock of the neighborhood. Hey you would think that I’d be movin' on (movin') but I’m a sucker like I said”, a bit of denial, “And maybe she just made a mistake and I should give her a break. My heart'll ache either way”, and finally acceptance, “Why did it take so long. Why did I wait so long huh to figure it out but I didn't and I’m the only one underneath the sun who didn't get it”.
But wait. Don’t start feeling bad for all the wrongs that were brought against our innocent hero. Why not? Because he isn’t such a victim after all… his cheating girlfriend is. He "did it all for the nookie", fools. Joke’s on her. Dang, that is a good heartbreak song.
Has that ever to happen to anybody? When you think you probably know many of the lyrics to a song but then it seems different when you see it written?
