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| Okkervil River – Plus Ones Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I think the song is a quasi-sarcastic recognition of the "other" subject of a well-known group. It doesn't matter whether this subject actually exists or not, and it doesn't matter exactly what number it turns out to be. It's simply a way to turn the listener's attention away from the typical narrative of a song and turn it to a new element that they had never considered before. It's novel. |
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| Huffamoose – I Wanna Buy You A Ring Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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This song expresses the dilemma faced by a person who is in love but simultaneously terrified by the consequences that come from being an adult (i.e. marriage, etc.). Though it's a love song, it's more about the person's anxiety over his life moving from one phase to another. Though he makes it very clear that he's in love with the subject of the song, he also finds no peace in this realization ("This is nothing like I thought it would be") and continually invents more ridiculous, childish fantasies for himself and his lover to hide from the direction he eventually needs to take with his life. |
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