You Never Knew What These Misunderstood Songs Were Really About
‘Buddy Holly’ – Weezer
Well, first of all, this song isn’t really about Buddy Holly at all, but most people who have listened to it know that. Most of those people hear the lyrics “You know I’m yours/and I know you’re mine/and that’s for all time,” and assume that the song is about a romantic relationship, but singer Rivers Cuomo tells a different story:
It’s about a particular girl I knew; … it’s about my commitment to her, … my willingness to defend her. It’s very platonic. Not a romantic thing at all.
If you listen carefully to the lyrics, it turns out none of them are really explicitly romantic, people just assume based on the fact that it’s a guy singing about a girl, which is exactly what Weezer is singing about.