| James – Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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It looks like I got something completely different from everyone else. "Getting away with it all messed up" seemed to be about how we can continuously shoot ourselves in the foot, over and over again. It seems to be how our entire being is geared towards survival, and that the safety of the modern world has caused us to really get away with it all messed up. That is to say, because we survive, we view our actions, behaviours, attitudes and perspectives as "okay". The metaphor of drowning shows water as all the parts of our lives that just don't work, to the point where it sufficates us. Then, the reference to dolphins depict a creature that spend their entire lives in water, surfacing only for enough air as they need to "get away with it". "Daniel's saving Grace" did throw me a bit though. Here is where the song takes a different tone. It's no longer "getting away with it" but "going for it", which is a completely different vibe. Maybe all interpretations are bullshit, and it's just random words strung together. |
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