Doobie Brothers: What A Fool Believes Meaning

Song Released: 1979

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What A Fool Believes Lyrics

He came from somewhere back in her long ago.
The sentimental fool don't see.
Tryin' hard to recreate
What had yet to be created
Once in her life.

She musters a smile for his nostalgic tale
Never coming near what he wanted to say,
Only to...

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   anonymous

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   Mar 13th, 2012 3:19pm report

   
   

   Punctuation is important here. The key phrases are "What a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away" and "What seems to be is always better than nothing."
   
   Translated, that means, "There's no point trying to reason with a deluded fool. He sees what he wants to see, and you'll never convince him that he's wrong. But hey, maybe he's HAPPIER with his delusion. For a lonely fool, a fantasy love may be better than no love at all."
   
   The song itself is telling a story of a woman who briefly meets a man she knew long ago. PERHAPS they had gone out a few times, or perhaps he was a casual acquaintance who loved her from afar. Either way, that man has always been madly in love with her, but she hasn't even thought about him in years.
   
   He approaches her and tries to reminisce about old times. She smiles politely, then makes a fast, phony apology ("Whoa, look at the time! I have to be going, but it was great to meet you- we must get together again real soon. Bye") and leaves.
   
   Any smart, sane person would see that she wants nothing to do with him, and that she just left him flat. But he's so blinded by love, he tells himself there's still hope, and that she may yet fall in love with him.

   
   
   
   

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   Rees

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   Jul 9th, 7:24pm report

   
   

   the world is owned by satan. men have been targetted for abuse. women and men can not be faithful to one another anylonger. mankind can not buy or sell without the mark of the beast. we feel helpless. always apologising for selling out.

   
   
   
   

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   Chelle

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   Jun 10th, 6:18pm report

   
   

   I relate to that mans thoughts and feelings.. maybe I was wrong...I never meant anything...such a person yes but was I significant in his life...sadly no.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Apr 29th, 4:06pm report

   
   

   She is heading for the door and he gets up as she is getting ready to apologize for having to leave.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Nov 11th, 2019 11:55pm report

   
   

   There's more than a few of those these days but shy away by so many stuff poor into woman's life, let's take time to listen to people...

   
   
   
   

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   kooljohn176

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   Jan 31st, 2019 1:10am report

   
   

   An extinct kind of a good and honest man that ''fell in love'' with the one that he ''believed'' was specially created for him, to be loved by him, but no matter how hard he tried she never 'honestly' loved him for who he was. A very sad song story where he had to let her go slowly with a lot of emotional and phycological pain.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Oct 31st, 2017 10:34am report

   
   

   Its about a old romance. That he took more serious then she did, that part of he rises to her apology, meaning she is saying I'm sorry you feel this way but I no longer do. It seems he still cant for get her, but she thing I was nothing. I was in the same boat.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Feb 18th, 2017 2:01pm report

   
   

   Exactly like a.b from jerusalem-israel... She will come back sooner or later after all those years and she knows it.....becuse of her......shhhhh.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Mar 23rd, 2016 3:50pm report

   
   

   Back in the days when men respected women, if a woman made an excuse to leave his company, the man would rise from a seated position and bow to her. Often he would kiss her hand, if they were old friends. Then she would leave.

   
   
   
   

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    John Riedl

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    Feb 15th, 2016 2:38am report

    
    

    I wonder what "he rises to her apology" is meant to mean.