If you are not going to be convinced of the English language then why bother with what the lyrics say at all?
It is a very simple sentence structure. "I would do anything for love" for instance "I'd run right into hell and back,"... "I'd never lie to you"... etc."But I will never stop dreaming of you every night of my life, yes I would do anything for love, but I won't do that." It is all there... if you want to be one of the many people who try to say that instead the song is saying he won't lick her snatch or screw her in the ass or some such nonsense, then you make Jim's lyrics infantile and unclever... Don't look for hidden meanings that aren't there.
> For tonight's presentation on "What Meat Loaf won't do for
> love", I'm still kicking around a few possibilities for
> the final conclusion.
>
> I'm not convinced that the 'that' is said explicitly in
> the song. Sure, he'd 'never stop dreaming', 'forget the
> way you feel' or 'screw around' sooner or later, but are
> that things you'd do for love? Would you screw
> around for love? Would you keep dreaming of someone for
> love? You might not screw around, because (for) love, you
> might dream of someone on account of love, but do those
> things for love?
>
> If I forget about the official explanations by Jim and
> Meat (both have a history of not being all too factual
> when it suits them), and look at it again, it might be a
> case of a superbly play on words.
> Compare "I would do anything for love (But I won't do
> that)" with "I would do anything for love, but I won't do
> that." If I'm not mistaken, both versions have exactly the
> same meaning. What if the parentheses in the title are
> there just to throw you off?
> Sure, he would do 'anything for love', but he
> won't do that.
> He would do anything for love, but he just ain't gonna do
> it.
>
> Thoughts?
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