Velvet Underground - I'm Sticking With You

I'm sticking with you
'Cos I'm made out of glue
Anything that you might do
I'm gonna do too

You held up a stage coach in the rain
And I'm doing the same
Saw you're hanging from a tree
And I made believe it was me

I'm sticking with you
'Cos I'm made out of glue
Anything that you might do
I'm gonna do too

People going to the stratosphere
Soldiers fighting with the cong?

But with you by my side I can do anything
When we swing
We hang past right or wrong

I'll do anything for you
Anything you want me too
I'll do anything for you
Oohoh I'm sticking with you
Oohoh I'm sticking with you
Oohoh I'm sticking with you


This song starts as a very childish love song. Some people might think it is a very stupid and immature love song. However, I think it is one of the most meaningful love songs ever. If you listen carefully you realize that the lyrics and the voice of the singer gets more and more mature as the song goes by. This makes me interpret this songs in two ways, either this song tells about a love story of a couple who started their relationship when they were little kids or this song tells about a love story which started as a simple fun relationship and then grew to be a very strong bond between two people.

In the first interpretation, we have a couple whose love started when they were kids. Now they are both grown ups and their relationship still continues. Therefore, the song might be telling us a long love story of two people who grew up together and their love also grew with them.

In the second interpretation, we have a love story that started as a childish love. As two people stayed together and shared more and more things together their love grew. At the beginning of the relationship the couple didn't think things seriously, they were together just to have fun in their simple relationship. However, as they spend more and more time together, their relationship became more sophisticated. They learned how to really love each other, how to sacrifice things for each other and how to stick together.

I think, both interpretations are very meaningful and they can also be combined. This song shows that, sometimes you don't need to write and perform very complicated songs to express love. This song is short and simple but tells a lot about love.