Meatloaf once sang that he would "do anything for love, but I won't do that." What exactly is the "that" that he's referring to? I checked Wikipedia for some enlightenment and instead only came up with conjecture and ambiguity. I listened to the song and analyzed the lyrics and came up with a mildly accurate representation of what he means, but they seem somewhat juvenile and difficult to realize. Then I thought about those words myself. Maybe the Loaf wanted us to look inside ourselves and figure out how we really perceive love, and whether the word "anything" really means "anything." Perhaps he was going through a tough time and wanted to share his struggles and burdens with us, his listeners. I suppose he could have been merely professing some love for a lucky gal. Or I guess he could have just been preoccupied with making Platinum records and winning Grammy awards. But whatever the reason, the question remained...
Maybe I'm a romantic, and a hopeless one at that. But you know what? The only thing we can't do for love is to give up on it. I'm not going to be overly verbose here or anything like that. I just want simplicity. When it's real, we can't give up, no matter the circumstances.
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