| Gilbert O'Sullivan – Nothing Rhymed Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I already talked about the first verse, which is so sweetly twisted, but how about this one. "This feeling inside me can never deny me the right to be wrong if I choose, and this pleasure I get from say winning a bet is to lose." Speaking of twisting words around -- this is a very nice one indeed. The right to be wrong -- in the end, it's just a play with two words that are opposites, nothing much there, but this pleasure, when sung, also sounds like displeasure. So, is it : This pleasure I get from winning a bet is to lose? or Displeasure I get from winning a bet is to lose? Both opposites exist in the same phrase. Awesome. As far as meaning goes, I would say, the song is about mixed feelings -- especially when you're eating your pie and you can see people die on TV.. very mixed feelings indeed -- no rhyme or reason to it. Peter |
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| Gilbert O'Sullivan – Nothing Rhymed Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I love that first phrase -- as much of the rest of the lyrics, it twists meaning. For example, I saw someone write "If I do a good deed like a child" -- while that first phrase is not about a "good deed at all". The first person is not giving away his own seat "to a elderly lady or man", he gives away the one he's "been saving". Sounds bloody selfish to me :) |
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