| Slash – Gotten Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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It seems so clear to me what this song is trying to say that it's surprising none of these comments have got it. This girl clearly meant a lot to him "the person I adore", soulmates perhaps - "you just get me like I've never been gotten before", but she had her own issues and hurt him badly, playing him off against someone else - "do not make me think of him / the way he touched your fragile skin". And now she's come back into his life after a time away - "tell me how long has it been" and all the conflicted feelings she inspired in him after coming to the fore again, but at the same time he is realising that as much as she gets him like never before, they are never going to be together - "I've been saving these last words for one last miracle / But now I'm not sure". So the song just perfectly evokes that sense of bitterness, longing, sadness and acceptance you feel when you realise that things are never going to be the way you want them to be. I find it incredibly moving because of that...both because it's such a well-written, well-sung and well-played song, but also because I too "am out of love but I can forget the past" |
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