Every breath You Take

[hobbie356]

I was in an argument with a friend who said the song, "Every breath you take", By the Police, was about soccer. They said they got this information from a vh1 special which i have come to realize are always wrong. What is the the widely accepted meaning of this song? Or has Sting never disclosed it?

[Sammy Snake]

I was always under the impression that Sting wrote it about his first wife when they split up/got divorced.  I can't see what the lyrics would have to do with soccer!

[hobbie356]

Thats what i thought, but she said she saw it on some mtv special or something. I think he was joking and she didnt catch the wit but it made me angry because she acted like "how could i possibly not know it wasnt about soccer". I also heard he said it was about the cold war and oppressive governments..... Maybe he is just giving everyone the run around.

[kev100]

Sammy is right the lyric is clearly about him having lost the woman he loves.

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/police,-the/110051.html

[hobbie356]

Oddly funny she misinterpreted the word stalker for soccer.... I just realized that must have been it.

[Peri]

I agree with Sammy Snake I thought Sting wrote it for Frances Tomelty the actress who was his wife then.

[goldenboy]

i thought that it was about stalking myself

[rashah]

The stalking song by the police was "Don't Stand So Close To Me"