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Emily Wells – Symphony 3: The Story (feat. Count Bass D) Lyrics 15 years ago
"Then came EPIC, they really tried to sell it
You'll be rich and famous if you only make a record
That has a lot of fluff. And don't forget the hooks.
Babe, just stick with us, and they'll be writin' books."

You know, Epic like the music label.


"But here is something you were not told,
DWIGHT SPITZ cannot be pigeon-holed.
Divineness and Wells, the stories she cleverly tells,
Hillbillies versus the business of Beverly Hills.
Another concept we all must ponder,
Absence of genre makes the art grow fonder."

Dwight Spitz as in Count Bass D.

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Sara Bareilles – Between the Lines Lyrics 16 years ago
I don't think this song is necessarily about cheating. I think they were never together to begin with. This is my take on the song. My comments will be in CAPS.

Time to tell me the truth
To burden your mouth for what you say
No pieces of paper in the way
'Cause I can't continue pretending to choose
The opposite sides on which we fall
The loving you laters, if at all
No right minds could wrong be this many times

SHE WANTS HIM TO ACTUALLY SAY THE WORDS AND NOT JUST ASSUME THAT SHE UNDERSTANDS. "BURDEN HIS MOUTH FOR WHAT HE SAYS" MEANS TO ACTUALLY HAVE HIM TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS INTENTIONS AND NOT BE ABLE TO SLIDE BY JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER VOICED THEM. SHE CAN'T KEEP PRETENDING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE DIFFERENCES AND THERE IS ALWAYS A REASON THEY CANNOT BE TOGETHER. SHOULD SHE JUST GIVE UP AND MOVE ON? THEY USED TO PROMISE EACH OTHER THAT THEY WOULD "LOVE EACH OTHER LATER" BUT SHE HAS GROWN SKEPTICAL. DID HE STOP LOVING HER? DOES HE STILL FEEL THE SAME WAY?

My memory is cruel
I'm queen of attention-to-details
Defending intentions if he fails
Until now, he told me her name
It sounded familiar in a way
I could have sworn I'd heard him
Say it ten thousand times
If only I had been listening

HIS INTENTIONS OR FEELINGS ARE NEVER VOICED AND THE ONLY WAY SHE CAN JUDGE HIS FEELINGS IS THROUGH HIS ACTIONS AND ATTITUDE TOWARD HER. SHE EXAMINES ALL INTERACTIONS AND GOES OVER EVERY DETAIL HOPING TO GLEAN SOME MEANING OUT OF NOTHING. WHENEVER HE ACTS IN A WAY THAT ISN'T IN LINE WITH HER THEORY OF HIM STILL LOVING HER, SHE MAKES SOMETHING UP TO DEFEND HIM. THAT IS UNTIL HE TELLS HER THAT HE IS NOW WITH SOMEONE ELSE, A GIRL SHE HAS HEARD HIM MENTION BEFORE. SHE'S UPSET SHE WAS TOO BLINDED BY HER OWN DESIRE TO BE WITH HIM THAT SHE HADN'T NOTICED THAT HE HAD MOVED ON AND WAS WITH SOMEBODY NEW.

Leave unsaid unspoken
Eyes wide shut unopened
You and me
Always between the lines

THIS PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP THEIR RELATIONSHIP. THEY NEVER ACTUALLY SAY WHAT THEY MEAN AND RELY ON OTHER, LESS RELIABLE FORMS OF COMMUNICATION TO GET THEIR FEELINGS ACROSS. SHE ONLY SEES WHAT SHE WANTS TO SEE. SHE ALWAYS HAS TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES TO UNDERSTAND HIM, WHICH LEAVES MUCH ROOM FOR ERROR.

I thought I was ready to bleed
That we'd move from the shadows on the wall
And stand in the center of it all
Too late, two choices, to stay or to leave
Mine was so easy to uncover
He'd already left with the other
So I learned to listen through silence

SHE THOUGHT THEY WERE BOTH STILL HOLDING ON AND WERE ACTUALLY QUITE CLOSE TO ACTUALLY BEING TOGETHER. SHE WAS READY TO BLEED (OR GIVE HIM HER HEART) AND MOVE THEIR UNSPOKEN AND HIDDEN LOVE INTO PLAIN VIEW. BUT IT WAS TOO LATE BECAUSE THEY BOTH NO LONGER FELT THE SAME (EXCEPT SHE DOESN'T KNOW THAT YET). SHE HAD TWO CHOICES AND WHEN SHE CHOSE TO HOLD ON, HE CHOSE TO MOVE ON. THIS MADE HER NEW CHOICE VERY EASY BECAUSE HE HAD ALREADY LEFT HAVING CHOSEN THE OTHER OPTION. SHE HAS NOW BECOME A BETTER AT READING BETWEEN THE LINES.

I tell myself
All the words he surely meant to say
I'll talk until
The conversation doesn't stay on
"Wait for me, I'm almost ready,"
When he meant "Let go,"

SHE NOW SEES HOW SHE USED TO TAKE WHAT HAPPENED AND TWIST IT TO MEAN SOMETHING ELSE. WHEN HE REALLY MEANT TO SAY "LET GO," SHE TOOK IT TO MEAN "WAIT FOR ME."

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