| Peter Gabriel – The Book of Love (Magnetic Fields cover) Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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@[bono_212:3137] Wow, 9.5 years later! I've got a number of potentials... and I don't know whether any of them are right. 1. Combined with the previous line, "I love it when you give me things... ", he'd just talked about how he loves to get things... give me the most serious of gifts... commitment to marry. Your willingness to stay with me forever, your promise and vow. "Ought" is still questionable here.. 2. Shyness.. this song is full of images of a man unsure about love, finding it new (maybe?), or just special. But its not his forte. "Love is boring and stereotypical.. but coming from you its special". So with the "ought" I almost see it as a shyness again coming out... breaking from his stereotyped nature, and showing a wanting for that next stage. 3. Kind of... what else could you replace it with? Honestly try. "Ought" to give me... maybe instead it should be "You should..." "I want you to give me", lyrically doesn't flow like the other verses. I think replacing it whilst maybe making it sound a bit better, takes away from his nature. 4. I really don't think its about sexism here. As in, "you ought to" because I'm the best around. I don't think that's his point. Rather.... I think he's in awe. (Explored more below) 5. He's in awe of her! "You ought to", eagerness to move on. Take a look at the previous lines.. He doesn't like reading, and love is boring. But he loves it from HER. Love songs are sometimes dumb, but not from HER. "Ought" I think is just again his expression of his sheer feelings for her. Give me a gift? Give me a wedding ring! Anyway, you're so so so unlikely to ever read this, but I hope it was helpful for someone. I'm getting married myself in a few weeks time to an amazing girl, and this is our aisle song. :) |
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