| Marina and the Diamonds – How to Be a Heartbreaker Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I meant, "to wear one's heart on one's cheek is a play on the phrase"*** | |
| Marina and the Diamonds – How to Be a Heartbreaker Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I haven't found this anywhere else on the internet, so I thought I would add my contribution, since I really like this lyric. "Wear your heart on your cheek, but never on your sleeve..." I feel that wearing one's tongue on one's cheek is a play on the phrase "tongue-in-cheek" which fits perfectly with the rest of the song. If you google "tongue in cheek" and check out the wiki entry, you will find it means, "Tongue-in-cheek is a phrase used as a figure of speech to imply that a statement or other production is humorously or otherwise not seriously intended, and it should not be taken at face value." By contrast, wearing one's heart on one's sleeve means (from Wiktionary), "To be very transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotions." So to wear one's heart on one's cheek is to be a player, to wear it on one's sleeve is an invitation for heartbreak. I think it's a brilliant lyric! And it makes me sad for people to say it "means nothing" or it's a misinterpretation of "heart on your sleeve." |
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| Jaguar Love – The Man with the Plastic Suns Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The lyrics from the song that was actually released on the album sound more to me like "So you take a gun from the cabinet and..." I have no idea where the lyric booklet is now, so I can't confirm this because all the sites have this set of lyrics. But if she's just grabbing "a" gun from the cabinet it could be that her father just collects different types of guns and she grabbed a six shooter. |
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| Jaguar Love – The Man with the Plastic Suns Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I made an account just to complement you Baron Nocturnus. Not only to thank you for your thoughtful and thorough analysis of this song, but to congratulate you on how well you managed to completely pwn theTyrant while still keeping face and a sense of dignity. | |
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