Tunesday : Master and Servant

Master and Servant

(Gore, M. L.) Performed by Depeche Mode

There's a new game
We like to play you see
A game with added reality
You treat me like a dog
Get me down on my knees

We call it master and servant
We call it master and servant

It's a lot like life
This play between the sheets
With you on top and me underneath
Forget all about equality

Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant

It's a lot like life
And that's what's appealing
If you despise that throwaway feeling
From disposable fun
Then this is the one

Domination's the name of the game
In bed or in life
They're both just the same
Except in one you're fulfilled
At the end of the day

Let's play master and servant
Let's play master and servant

Let's play master and servant
Come on master and servant

It's been a few years since I was trying to remember here all the alternative songs my university friends and I used to love to dance to at the clubs (songs like 88 Lines About 44 Women and I Wanna Be a Cowboy), and while I did have a Depeche Mode song in there (Blasphemous Rumours), I had totally forgotten about Master and Servant until I heard it on a playlist at the gym this week. And, of course, I thought it was a hilarious song to have in that context - although, as in the cartoon I chose for the header, our trainers are more gentle and supportive than dominating drill sergeant - and, of course, I was totally motivated when I heard my jam; pumping barbells and singing along, even though Rudy said she had never heard this song before (I'm sure no one in that group had ever heard this song before)

There's no deeper meaning to this week's song choice: it simply reminded me of being young - a time when a group of us would dance in a circle, unironically singing about how S & M is a lot like life, as if we knew anything about either one - and I'm putting it here so I don't forget again.