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Lady GaGa – Bad Romance Lyrics 16 years ago
Thanks so much!

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Lady GaGa – Bad Romance Lyrics 16 years ago
That's interesting, thanks for sharing. Do you happen to know what radio station it was or who interviewed her? I'd like to try to maybe find that interview online to hear more.

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Duran Duran – Nice Lyrics 20 years ago
Ah, I love this song; it’s definitely one of my favorites on Astronaut. I think it’s very catchy, but I especially love the lyrics. The meaning is pretty obvious, I think--to me, it’s about someone who has fallen in love with a close friend, and is debating whether or not they should confess their feelings. I especially love these lines:

I got a lot to lose
But everything to gain
When I really think about it

A friendship is, indeed, “a lot to lose,” and situations like this can easily end in disaster (because when someone tells a person with whom they’re “just friends” that they have romantic feelings for them, and these feelings are not returned, the friendship can end up falling apart because of the resulting awkwardness).

But, of course, they do have “everything to gain,” because when the romantic feelings are actually returned in this situation, it can lead to a very fulfilling relationship. The whole “best-friends-turned-lovers” thing doesn’t seem to happen successfully very often, but it’s wonderful when it does. And then there’re these lines:

And it hurts me to think that
You might never know
Will it hurt as much being true?

It’s saying the same sort of thing--it’s painful to hide the fact that you’re in love with your best friend, but it might be even more painful to tell them your feelings only to find out that they don’t feel that way about you, and even worse, they might break off the friendship, too.

But yes, that's my take on this song.

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