What does it mean ...and I offer my hand all dry and english slow?
It's from Cut Here by The Cure

So we meet again and I offer my hand all dry and english slow
And you look at me and I undestand yeah it's a look I used to know

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What does it mean ...and I offer my hand all dry and english slow?
It's from Cut Here by The Cure

So we meet again and I offer my hand all dry and english slow
And you look at me and I undestand yeah it's a look I used to know

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I love that song ...anyway he met his former gf and greets her the English way that is "dry and slow"...my point of view!

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Sometimes even English speakers have trouble discerning the meaning of song lyrics and this is one of those times.  Lol.

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ooh Cure fans...I feel like I'm home! =P

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Cure fan here also! ^^

I think Fede's got it best: he offers his had all dry and slow, in an "English" manner.

One view of English culture - especially upper class - is that it is "dry".  We talk about "dry English wit", which is extremely clever talk but also measured and considered; not fast-paced or dramatic.  Extreme formality.

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