Flashback Memories and Dreams
The Virgins Lyrics

You must be looking for a ride
The singer thinks that the listener looks like they need a ride.

It's solar raining when you get outside
It's really bright outside to the extent that it feels like it's raining sun rays.

See something sparkling oh come on
The singer urges the listener to look at something that is shining.

Your lack of decency really turn me on
The listener's indecent behavior is exciting for the artist.

And when you reason with yourself
When you talk to yourself in your head and think things through,

You got to picture someone else
It's important to imagine someone else in order to make a clear-headed decision.

And she danced with the mirror sway
The female subject in the song danced with her own reflection.

While the records played and the hours passed
Hours passed by while music played in the background.

And she gone to a matinée
The female subject in the song went to a daytime movie showing.

No, she found a way like a breath of life
The female subject found a way to live impulsively like a rush of fresh air.

I'll take that cookie for my jar
The singer is taking a cookie from a jar.

Look for … up on the bedroom floor
The artist is looking for something on the bedroom floor but the lyrics are unclear.

I'm feeling heavy, leather bound
The singer feels weighed down, as if they are bound with heavy leather.

Just like a siren, don't make a sound
The singer is quiet, like a siren who doesn't make any noise until they need to be heard.

Well she dreamed of the silver screen
The female subject in the song dreamed of being a movie star.

But she's just a scream when she's on the run
However, the female subject just ends up screaming when she is fleeing from something.

You say way better you than me
The artist thinks what the female subject is going through is better for them to deal with than for the artist to go through it themselves.

But she's hard to see when the lights come on
The female subject is hard to see when the lights are on, perhaps because she is trying to hide.

She can dance with the shadow on
The female subject can dance with her shadow on the wall.

Like she's all alone as the hours pass
She feels lonely as time goes by.

Should she stay for a night or so
The female subject is deciding whether she should stay somewhere for a night or not.

But she's gotta go like a breath of life
She has to leave quickly, like a sudden exhale of breath.

But take it how you want it
Take the situation in any way that you want to understand it.

Don't let it get away from you
Don't lose the opportunity or the situation.

No matter how you got it
Regardless of how you got it or how you perceive it,

It's never gonna stay with you
It is not going to stay with you or last forever.

And anyway you squeeze it,
No matter how you look at it or think about it,

You know it's gonna be the same
It's going to turn out the same, regardless of anything else.

Don't matter how you leave it
Regardless of how you choose to end things,

You're beaten at the game
You are still losing at the game.