“Wicked Game” is a tale of obsessive love. Chris Isaak spoke to Songfacts about the late-night event which inspired the song: “This one I wrote really late at night and it was written in a short time, because I remember that a girl had called me and said, ‘I want to come over and talk to you,’ and ‘talk’ was a euphemism. And she said, ‘I want to come over and talk to you until you’re no longer able to stand up.’ And I said, ‘Okay, you’re coming over.’ And as soon as I hung up I thought, ‘Oh, my God. I know she’s gonna be trouble. She’s always been trouble. She’s a wildcat. And here I am, I’m going to get killed, but I’m doing this.’ And I wrote ‘Wicked Game’: ‘world’s on fire and no one can save me but you.’ It’s like you start thinking about it, and by the time she came over to the house, I had the song written. And I think she was probably upset because I was more excited by the song. (Laughing) I was like, ‘Yes, you’re gorgeous, baby. But listen to this song!'”
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Every time I hear this song I am brought to tears, no matter who sings it and the tone of their voice. It is the lyrics themselves and the notes that remind me of the pains of love that we so often forget when we speak of love and romance.Love is in itself not a wicked game, but if often seems like that is what it is compiled of. It often appears to us that the one we love is just jesting back and forth with us, plotting and planning the next move and who will it be who wins in the end? As we walk away from the battlefield accessing our wounds we still ache to be back in the embrace of the one we love.We still throb for the kiss that stings us and the gentle voice of the one we fear we may lose. It is a lot of back and forth and jut trying to understand somebody so bad because you feel for them a dizzying sort of love that you no longer can imagine living without. It often seems like a wicked game, and sometimes it really is.
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