| Tegan and Sara – Where Does the Good Go Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song definitely seems to come from a person who is expressing an internal dialogue. Whether a real or imagined relationship, a sea of mixed emotions is experienced by this person whose heart is broken for some reason or another (not necessarily with another person). For anyone who has been devastated by heartbreak can definitely relate in their own unique way. Therefore, whatever Tegan & Sara originally intended is irrelevant, their gift of song writing articulates a more universal perspective and not pure narrative. To me the song can have three general meanings: 1) Self defeat over a lost ambition or dream 2) The end of a relationship- real or desired (and subsequently rejected) 3) The dying of a great love, and the bereaved one's grief expressed Verse: Where do you go with your broken heart in tow What do you do with the left over you And how do you know when to let go Where does the good go Where does the good go >> To see the meaning of a broken dream or ambition, watch "Being Erica- Episode 1 season 1". >> It could be asking a rhetorical question of "Where does the good of a relationship go?" or "where does the good of me go with what is left over after a heart break?" >> Expressing the bereaved one's grief upon the dying lover, and raging futilely against the inevitable- asking the universe where has all the good gone and unable to let their lover pass on ("how do you know when to let go") Next: Look me in the eye and tell me you don't find me attractive Look me in the heart and tell me you won't go Look me in the eye and promise no love's like our love Look me in the heart and unbreak broken, it won't happen >> A challenge to the self to pick up the pieces. >> It's a challenge to an ex-lover or to the one rejecting a potential relationship >> Possibly even a cry to a lover passing on to reaffirm their love; with death causing the broken heart. Chorus: It's love that leaves and breaks the seal Of always thinking you would be Real happy and healthy, strong and calm Where does the good go Where does the good go >> A self examination of realizing defeat in losing self-love and assessing the wreckage >> the bubble of lost love bursts the idealism of a perfect happy relationship >> Mourning the death of a relationship of someone who has actually passed (more literal) Verse: Where do you go when you're in love and the world knows How do you live so happily while I am sad and broken down What do you say it's up for grabs Now that you're on your way down Where does the good go Where does the good go >> general disillusionment with how other's perceive you and happy when the table's turn, knowing deep down inside that's not a charitable sentiment >> rejected lover publicly exposed and at first angered by the other's happiness, now crowing jubilantly over their new misfortune... a wry acknowledgment that the good in the self isn't really there with the joy expressed over the other's downfall >> Anger at other lover's in the streets expressing love when their love has passed on, and delighting when other's relationships break apart to share in the grief... once again knowing deep down inside that's not a charitable sentiment |
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