Singalong! Spit on a Stranger by Kathryn Williams

I'm not going to lie: I don't really get this song. Is it a love song or a hate song? Something in between? Two people who are a perfect match but also bitter strangers who spit on each other? I don't quite know, but I like the way it uses tropes of love songs ("I can see the sunshine in your eyes") while speaking dark thoughts. If you understand it better than me, please explain!

SPIT ON A STRANGER

by Kathryn Williams (originally by Pavement)

However you feel, whatever it takes

Whenever it's real, whatever awaits

Whatever you need, however so slight

Whenever it's real, whenever it's right

I'll be thinking long and hard

About the things you said to me

Like a bitter stranger

Now I see the long and short

The middle and what's in between

I could spit on a stranger

You're a bitter stranger

Whatever you feel, whatever it takes

Whenever it's real, whatever awaits me

Whatever you need, however so slight

Wherever it leads, whenever it's right

Honey, I'm a prize and you're a catch

And we're a perfect match

Like two bitter strangers

And now I see the long and short of it

And I could make it last

I could spit on a stranger

You're a bitter stranger

Well, I could spit on a stranger

You're a bitter stranger

I see the sunshine in your eyes

I'll try the things you'll never try

I'll be the one that leaves you high

Source: Kathryn Williams on the Wikimedia Commons

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