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| Rod Stewart – I Was Only Joking Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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well like the other posters above said, the lyrics are a monologue that he is giving towards some lover he is about to break off with...and giving an explanation for why he is doing so (his history as a rebel, unable to commit, giving up on settling down). When he says the "verse seven" line, it's the seventh verse of the song, hence fairly long into his speech to said woman, and his explanation is starting to get convoluted and unclear even to him, so he'll just start spouting off cliches in hopes it will be easier for her to digest ("verse seven is never clear, but I'll tell you what you wanna hear"). maybe that's what it means? |
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| Don Henley – The Boys of Summer Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Everyone here has it right when they say that this song is about unrequited/lost love and the inability to move on and look past that love, but that is strictly the literal interpretation of it. Like "okayokay" said, there is also the allegorical meaning, which I think is more important. The real message of the song is a warning about the dangers of living in and romanticizing the past, and that you can never be truly happy unless you start living for the right now. At least that much seems obvious to me. |
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