Again: I really like song lyrics (and other phrases in various contexts, really) that can be interpreted in different ways! Today's lyric:
I'm yours to ruin
don't ask me why
So it's the second line I find most interesting, but let's look at the first line first. Already we're presented with two choices:
1-1) "I'm completely and entirely yours, such that you may even go so far as to ruin me should you wish to do so." This is the "sweeter" read -- there's genuine affection and trust underlying this interpretation. One might even hear in it a quiet plea for the beloved *not* to ruin the singing lover.
1-2) "I'm yours specifically for the purpose of being ruined by you." Pretty self-explanatory, I think, at least in terms of intention? I don't know precisely what "ruin" entails here (could be sex, could be emotional pain, could be a punishing match in Jurassic Park: Warpath), but the singing lover is very much here for and desirous of being ruined by the beloved.
*There is also my initial read, where I interpreted the "to" as "until." As in, I'm yours until (the) Ruin -- that is, the period of dust and desolation that will follow the collapse of civilization, as featured in many a post-apocalyptic property -- so effectively a declaration of enduring devotion. (I think this is not a properly "legitimate" read, though, in that it's unlikely to occur to people who are not me. ^^;)
"Don't ask me why" is more interesting to me. (more...)