In the song “Anything for Love,” Meat Loaf insists on many occasions that he would do anything for love, but he won’t do that.
What won’t he do?
Eat a live cat? (Hey, it rhymes.)
That’s weird. I was just asking myself the exact same question. Are you watching the Rose Bowl right now, by any chance?
Anyway, from this lyrics page:
(Mods: I hope this isn’t too long a quote; it’s a long song.)
I think what he’s saying is the one thing he’ll never do is get over her and move on to someone else, even if she gets over him. Not sure; I’ve never heard the whole thing.
If I read the lyrics right, he won’t do these things:
“But I’ll never forget the way you feel right now, oh no, no way”
“But I’ll never forgive myself if we don’t go all the way tonight”
“But I’ll never do it better than I do it with you, so long, so long”
“But I’ll never stop dreaming of you every night of my life, no way”
“And sooner or later, you’ll be screwing around”
Per the lyrics, the ending part sang by whoever the woman is who sings in the song:
After a while you’ll forget everything
It was a brief interlude and a midsummer night’s fling
And you’ll see that it’s time to move on
(No, I won’t do that)
I know the territory, I’ve been around
It’ll all turn to dust and we’ll all fall down
And sooner or later, you’ll be screwing around
(No, I won’t do that)
In other words, he’d do anything for love except use her and leave her.
Well, the last set of lyrics are pretty straightforward…
Girl:
Will you cater to every fantasy I got?
Will you hose me down with holy water, if I get too hot?
Will you take me to places I’ve never known?
Boy:
I can do that!
I can do that!
Girl:
After a while you’ll forget everything,
It was a brief interlude and a midsummer night’s fling
And you’ll see that it’s time to move on
Boy:
I won’t do that!
I won’t do that!
I have this strange sense of Deja vu.
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Sweet. This is the first time I’ve won one of these. Then again, I was googling it before I saw the thread.
I bet you say that to all the boys.
Let us also pause for a moment to thank the estimable Mr. Loaf for “hose me down with holy water”
BTW, this is a reference to another Meatloaf song, You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth, not (just) a rag on Zebra.
Thank Jim Steinman; he was the lyricist.
It must have been while you were kissing me.
:o 
Really, oddly enough I thought it echoed “Two Out of Three” and that he won’t commit.
I want you
I need you
but there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna love you,
Now, don’t be sad,
Two out of three ain’t bad
I would do anything for love
But I won’t do that.
It also apparently has something to do with a failure to share his soft drink.
And the video for “Anything for Love” gets my vote for WTF video of the year for whenever they were playing it.
I think it i safe to say that Meatloaf will neither lose weight nor stop sweating…
Out of idle curiousity, who was the female singer in that song? Was it someone I should recognize or was that her only gig?
Wasn’t it about sharing his favorite soft drink?
Steinman also writes the music. Mr. Loaf (as the NY Times once called him) just sings.
He did a movie a while back where he was a psycho trucker (looking for paradise by the dashboard light.) His screen name is Meatloaf Aday.