| The All-American Rejects – The Poison Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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It didn't really click with me until just now, but I think it is about Alice talking to the Hatter. She thinks of herself as old because she's being forced to grow up and get married before she really wants to. She wants to keep her eyes closed to all the nonsense, while he embraces it. She prefers to be standing, while the hatter takes a seat at the tea party table; that she'll stay awake and try and find out what is real, while he stays asleep, content with things being messed up and unbelievable. And wonderland is the one place they both know, because it had been in Alice's dreams before, and the Hatter want's to take her back there, but she doesn't want to because she wants to stay in a place where things are real, but sometimes they both have to loose their minds and just go to wonderland because it's a better place than real life sometimes. She over-thinks everything because she's not really sure what to believe, and the Hatter is so sure because it's a nonsense land and he's a nonsense person. He's the poison, putting all these nonsense thoughts in her head, and he's the cure, because he's bringing her away from the ordinary. She's alone on the journey trying to find the Hatter to rescue him from the Queen; she's alone, but she's alive. And Alice was constantly lying to herself, telling herself that Wonderland didn't exist and it was just dreams. And the truth is that she can't stay in wonderland away from her real life responsibilities forever, and the thought of going from totally bizarre and wonderful to the real world could make anyone cry. But she doesn't want to block wonderland out of her life forever, she doesn't want to be dead to it. I hope this kinda makes sense... I was listening to the song and when you actually read the lyrics, suddenly everything pops out at you... c: Plus, if you take out the Alice and Wonderland aspect of it, it's a really cute love song c: |
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