It’s just supposed to sound like cool boy band emotional lyrical fodder it’s not someone masterfully and poetically twisting English and utilizing ambiguous pronouns and an ever-shifting definition of the word “that.”
That seems simple enough for me… only it turns out I’m meeting them more than halfway there.īecause the songwriters behind I Want It That Way have admitted it’s just a song about nothing. She’s saying the relationship is heartache and a mistake, he doesn’t understand why, and until she can clarify and articulate as such, he doesn’t want to hear her say it’s over. But there is distance between them (literal or metaphorical, it’s unclear), so she wants to end things - she wants it that way. The Backstreet Boy says his special lady is his fire and desire and he wants it that way - a passionate relationship. I’ve never thought too much about it before, so on my first pass just now of actually trying to interpret it, I’m pretty sure it’s about a couple going through a breakup. First, a quick refresher on the first few verses and chorus…Īin’t nothin’ but a mistake (don’t wanna hear you say). So I thought I’d tackle it and see what all the madness is about. It’s in the conversation for the all-time best boy band songs, most iconic ’90s songs and maybe even best pop songs period.īut what is it actually about? That’s ambiguous, and the subject of some rampant speculation. The most enduring, successful and popular song from the Backstreet Boys’ late ’90s typhoon is I Want It That Way.
I try to interpret the lyrics to the famous song and get to the bottom of why they’re so ambiguous.
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