No bc seriously IS THERE EVEN A SWEET CHEESE?? Like I have goats milk cheese that has pineapple in it, but even that isn't sweet?? Like Brian huh?
Does he mean “You’re sweet like a type of cheese, because in my opinion cheese is sweet and not savory”, does he mean “You’re sweet like a specific type of cheese which is sweet” (???) or does he mean “You try to sweet talk me as if I’m a cheesy corny man, but I’m actually a cynic and I know you are in fact the worst”???? Jury is not even in the courthouse. Jury is gone.
This song actually makes 0 sense, to be honest. The entire chorus is just “Sweet lady, stay sweet” but all the verses are about how she’s the worst. How is she supposed to stay sweet if she apparently never was sweet? Brian please.
Fully support anyone who wants to weigh in about this conundrum
I am absolutely obsessed with this take @scandalacious, you are god-tier and I think this warrants a deep dive. The verse in question:
You say
You call me up and feed me all the lines
You call me sweet like I'm some kind of cheese
Waiting on the shelf
You eat me up, you hold me down
I'm just a fool to make you a home
Ooh, you really do me
First of all, this has to be the only verse of a rock song that discusses the aging process of fine dairy products. Second, I’m interested by the fact that despite him not being an aged cheese, she apparently eats him up anyway. Does she care? We have to wonder. Third, and this is important: he suggests that she is also sweet. Are we meant to assume that in the context of this song he means she is also immature and unexperienced? Is the chorus meant to be taken flippantly, rather than the earnest wish I previously assumed it to be?
Fascinated by the implications of all of this, and I would love to hear all of your thoughts
I agree with this reading but can we all take a minute to contemplate that Brian either consciously or unconsciously wanted to be some kind of old mature sharp ripe cheese
And now he’s vegan. Irony?