☝️ Key Points
- The song is about a romantic relationship in which the man cheats on the woman.
- The woman is in love with the man despite him cheating on her and wants to believe him when he says he's sorry.
- She feels trapped and wants to be freed by him.
- Despite the man's infidelity, the woman still thinks he loves her.
- At the end of the song, the woman realizes that she will survive even though it's hard for her.
Interpretation
The song lyrics "Hooks" by
The Kelly Family are about a love relationship in which the man cheats on the woman. The woman is young and beautiful and falls in love with him even though he cheats on her. She wants to believe him when he says he's sorry. But in reality, he has her on his "hooks", meaning his fishing hooks.
In the lyrics, the woman says that she could do the same thing to him that he does to her, but she wants to be free and leave him alone. She asks him not to play with her feelings because he hurts her. She calls him a bastard and says that he has her on his hooks.
Later, the man decides to marry the woman, but she doesn't want to because she doesn't believe him. She has seen him kissing another woman. Despite that, she still thinks he loves her. She says that he still has her on his hooks.
At the end of the song, she says that she knows it's crazy, but that she will survive. It sounds like she wants to free herself from him, but it's hard for her.