I used to really like Stevie Wonder’s “Part-Time Lover” until I got old enough to understand what was actually being discussed. No, thanks.
For YEARS, I thought this song was about having a very demanding job so you had to work a lot of overtime. You’re strangers by day, because you’re so busy at work.
Heh…at least you had a semi-logical thought about it. I have no idea what I thought the song was about. But it had a good beat, and apparently, that was enough.
Which is not to say that my standards have improved much beyond that as an adult.
Not trying to hijack, but this reminded me of the film “The bridges of Madison County.” I always thought if that movie was about a husband and father banging away at some hottie photographer, while the wife was away at the state fair with the kids, that it wouldn’t have been such a romantic film adored by women everywhere!
Now, now, the empty place might be the one between her ears. (And good luck filling that one.)
Or maybe just a weeee bit lower. Ptui! 
Whenever I hear/think about this song, I always get an image of rough sex between a woman and a pair of well-endowed men. Like, literally torn. (Or laterally!) Kinda creepy, so I think of pleasanter things.
What’s all this “hubby” crap? The name of the song is “Torn between Two Lovers.” There’s no indication they’re married. She’s simply screwing around behind her boyfriend’s back, the worthless slut.
As I say, I’d dump the dumb bitch like radioactive waste, before she infects me with an STD. :mad:
So just how do you suddenly fall in love with another person to the point where you now need them to be a part of your life? That’s called having an affair and affairs happen because one person is unhappy with their relationship or they just like to chase tail or they get a kick out of someone else chasing theirs. If its because of an unhappy relationship then get a divorce and shack up with your new flame. If you just like chasing tail then dont expect to have a secure home base. If you like being chased and enjoy that “empty part of you inside” being filled, well good riddance.
But yes, I’d dump this slut.
When there came a killing frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down his stall
Wait! Isn’t this the Shit Music thread?
Ah, torn between two lovers … that old Apache torture!
But it’s amazing how a song can be sung so well yet have such stupid lyrics if you think about them.
I play word games in my mind. When I hear that song, I re-arrange the “r” and the “o” to get Tron Between Two Lovers, which brings up an image like this:
https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrBT7zcRvFWibAAB_NXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE0djUyaTg2BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjE3NTdfMQRzZWMDcGl2cw--?p=Tron+1982+images&fr=yfp-t-201&fr2=piv-web#id=67&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsacadalang.files.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F01%2Ftron-1982.jpg&action=click
Seriously.
I’m not that fond of the song, and, like Grr!, I don’t have a lot of sympathy for the singer character, so I’ll stick with my image.
To put it another way, I’d be surprised if she were actually in love with both of them, but she’s getting something from both relationships that she doesn’t want to give up.
I remember hearing the song on the radio back in high school. Never paid much attention to the exact lyrics. The chorus is really what I remember the most clearly. Just that obviously it was a cheating song. 
Its been at least 20 years since I heard it.
People really shouldn’t expect to be perfectly happy, just being happy enough will do
What bothers me most is she doesn’t sing the song as much as “whine” it.
Creepy Sub-text Time: apropos of nothing, the song was co-written by Peter (Peter, Paul and Mary) Yarrow, who went to prison for three months for carrying on with a 14-year-old girl. Not to worry: he was pardoned by Jimmy Carter. 
Actually, it’s fucking both of them that is breaking the rules. She can love all she wants.
Here is a video of a man singing the song with the lyrics changed.
I dont think this would go over as well.
I always looked at “Escape” as a partial slam against the hippie, back to earth movement that was fading away by the early 70’s and a return to consumerism and living it up. I get that from the lines;
“I am not into health food, I am into champagne” and “If your not into yoga, if you have half a brain”.