Almost Gothic

Almost Gothic

Steely Dan

The fifth song of Steely Dan’s 2000 comeback album “Two Against Nature”, this song has fascinating lyrics, portraying what appears to be a typical Steely Dan topic: an older man falling for a charming albeit unstable younger lady, but the song is actually an exercise in using what appear to be metaphors, literally. What initially seems like an older man falling for a younger woman, is actually about an older man describing his obsession with his dominatrix.