| Sum 41 – There's No Solution Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think this song is about a guy and his relationship with his girlfriend... Verse 1 This verse is very cryptic in the beginning, yet it gets cleared up at the end. She has standards that he is expected to meet, but is afriad that he won't be able to meet these standards. He wants to get away from them, but because he truely has feelings for her, he doesn't know whether he wants to leave for a long time, or just for a day to clear his mind. He wants to find either a way to deal with these standards or a way to change so he can become these standards. All of these things show that he is indecisive about everything. Verse 2 He is constantly pressured to live up to the impossible standards that she holds him to. Because of this, he feels like he fails, or feels "empty." Yet, he still tries to live up to these standards, so it changes him and his character. After the standards have changed these things, they cannot change anything else, so he has reached his limit. Also, because he cannot live up to these standards, she begins to stray away from him, making it "harder to relate." Again, he feels as though he has failed at the same things over and over again. Verse 3 He finally realizes how he can solve the problem of their relationship. Because he is the one who keeps failing and it is causing her to push away, by removing himself from the relationship (thus ending it). He is the solution. Verse 4 Now the meaning of the same words has changed (which i think is one of the best literary/poetic techniques). He is now confident that he can end the dilemma by ending the relationship, but he has such strong feelings for her that he is afraid to let her go. Because of this new dilemma (and thus starting the paradox of the song), he wishes it could be taken out of his hands. |
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